What 𑙔 means
For quick, continuous writing.
Modi descends from Nagari scripts. Marathi use dates to the fifteenth century; the script became administrative in the sixteenth, and its oldest surviving document dates to the early seventeenth.
Maratha rulers made Modi official for letters and revenue records in the seventeenth century. In the nineteenth century, print favored Balbodh, the Devanagari form used for Marathi; Modi was formally discontinued in the 1950s.
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4Questions people ask
1Why does 𑙔 appear as a box?
Your font lacks a Modi character shape. The text still contains 𑙔; a Modi-capable font can display it.
How to type 𑙔
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 11654, then Alt+X to get 𑙔.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “modi digit four”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 11654, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𑙔CSS
\11654Linux
Press Ctrl+Shift+u, type 11654, then press Space or Enter.
Word or Outlook
Type 11654, then press Alt+X.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𑙔
HTML hex
𑙔
CSS content
content: "\11654";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%91%99%94
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.