What 𞴄 means
It is the Ottoman siyaq numeral for four. Siyaq signs compress Arabic number names into cursive forms. The system groups values by tens: signs for ones, tens and hundreds combine by addition, without a separate zero sign.
Scholars place its likely beginnings in early Islamic government accounting. Ottoman officials used this regional form in fiscal registers and account books. Siyaq also served Safavid and Mughal administrations and governments in Central Asia. In Turkey, siyaq use ended in 1928 as written Turkish shifted from an Arabic-based script to the Latin alphabet.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𞴄 appear as a box?
The active font lacks a glyph for this character. As of September 2026, Noto Serif Ottoman Siyaq includes the writing system; a font with that coverage can display it.
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How to type or find 𞴄
- Also called
- Siyakat numeral · Divan numeral
- Search it as
- siyakat · ottoman numerals · ottoman accounting · divan numerals · archival numbers
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𞴄\1ED04Codes and encoding1 code points
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