What 𑇢 means
It grew from Brahmi numerals used in Sri Lanka.
This non-positional system gave values their own signs, so a sign's value did not change with its place in a number; it had no zero. Related early numerals appear on Sri Lankan rock inscriptions from the 3rd–5th centuries CE.
It served ordinary number writing and calculations before 1815. The 1815 Kandyan Convention uses 𑇢 to number its Sinhala clauses alongside Arabic-numbered English clauses. As of 2026, Western digits are standard in everyday Sinhala writing, so 𑇢 reads as a historical or heritage choice outside that setting.
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Who writes 𑇢
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Questions people ask
1Why does Sinhala archaic digit two show as a box?
A box means your font or app has no drawing for 𑇢. The text still contains this numeral; a missing glyph does not change its value.
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How to type or find 𑇢
- Search it as
- Sinhala Illakkam · Sinhala numeral two · archaic Sinhala numerals · old Sinhala numeral · Sinhala Lith numerals
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑇢\111E2Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.