What 𐢩 means
It is the Nabataean numeral for three.
From around 100 BCE through the late fourth century CE, these numerals appeared on inscriptions, coins, and written records.
From the fourth century CE, Greek alphabetic and Roman numerals replaced them. Nabataean writing influenced Arabic script, but not its numeral system.
Why does 𐢩 look different?
The font supplies its drawn shape.
Without Nabataean coverage, a font may show a box.
Nabataean numbers run right to left. Three could be grouped from units of one or written as 𐢩: the value is the same, but the forms differ.
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Who writes 𐢩
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐢩 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𐢩
- Search it as
- nabatean · nabataean numeral · nabataean number 3 · 3 · font
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐢩\108A9Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.