What ୧ means
It means one in Odia writing. The script is also called Oriya. Its numeral tradition is linked to Brahmi, an ancient Indian script, and later forms called Siddham and Kalinga. Examples in Odia writing reach back to the 11th century.
In Odisha, records of land grants engraved on copper plates used numerals for dates, taxes, shares, and land measures. ୧ keeps the value one while marking Odia-script notation.
Neutral number notation; it marks Odia-script writing.
Forms that accept only basic Latin digits may reject ୧; enter 1 there.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ୧ show as a box?
A font-support issue. The active font supplies the glyph outline; a box means the font or app lacks Odia coverage.
How to type ୧
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0B67, then Alt+X to get ୧.
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 “oriya digit one”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0b67, then Enter or Space.
HTML
୧CSS
\0B67How to type ୧
Use an Odia layout; keys vary. With legacy fonts, Latin keys may show Odia shapes instead of storing this character, breaking text in other apps.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
୧
HTML hex
୧
CSS content
content: "\0B67";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%AD%A7
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.