What 𐒨 means
It is the Somali numeral for eight.
Somali scholar Osman Yusuf Kenadid devised the script in 1920–1922 to write Somali; a printed 1951 chart shows its own number signs.
In longer numbers, the rightmost place counts ones and the next place counts tens. Use 𐒨 in Osmanya numbers; use 8 when the number is written in Latin digits.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readings𐒨 alone
Eight.
𐒡𐒨
18; eight is in the ones place.
𐒨𐒡
81; eight is in the tens place.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𐒨 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.
How to type 𐒨
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 104A8, then Alt+X to get 𐒨.
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 “osmanya digit eight”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 104a8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐒨CSS
\104A8Palette
Copy 𐒨 from the palette above.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐒨
HTML hex
𐒨
CSS content
content: "\104A8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%92%A8
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.