Ol Chiki digit one

Yes. It is the Ol Chiki digit for one. Ol Chiki is a script used to write Santali. This digit marks the quantity one and combines with other Ol Chiki digits to write larger numbers.

Ol Chiki was created for Santali; Roman, Bengali, Devanagari and Odia scripts were also used, but did not represent the language equally well. The script dates to 1925. Printing blocks and a hand press followed in the 1930s, and Ol Chiki was publicly shown at the 1939 Mayurbhanj State exhibition.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ol Chiki was promoted as a unifying script for Santali communities across regions using different scripts; those scripts remained in use. In 2026, India’s President described Ol Chiki as a symbol of Santal identity and unity. That history concerns the script choice, not the digit’s value.

How do I type ᱑?

Use an Ol Chiki keyboard layout or Unicode code-point entry. The exact keys depend on the layout. Documented browser-based and offline tools include phonetic and InScript2 layouts for Linux, macOS and Windows.

If ᱑ appears as a box or replacement glyph, the active font or its fallback may lack Ol Chiki coverage. Noto Sans Ol Chiki supports the script. Ol Chiki has no context-based shaping, so neighboring characters do not change this digit’s form.