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tamil digit three

Tamil Digit Three

௩ means three in the Tamil numeral system: it is the Tamil 3, with the same value as 3 in Latin-script digits. Older Tamil notation could place it before ௰ to mean three tens.

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What ௩ means

It means three. ௩ is the Tamil 3, the numeral used to write three in Tamil script. 3 has the same value, but is written with Latin-script digits.

Brahmi is an early South Asian script; inscriptions in it and pottery preserve older Tamil-region number-writing evidence. A study of how writing forms change documents recognizable Tamil numerals around 1400 CE and links them to earlier numerals in cave inscriptions. Malayalam numerals are related, but distinct. In older additive notation, ௩ before ௰ means three tens (30): the sign before ௰ gives the count of tens. A 2016 account describes traditional use in limited Tamil-studies circles; a 2025 study records Tamil numerals as page numbers in Sri Lankan palm-leaf manuscripts.

Don't confuse it with

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3
Digit Three
Why does Tamil 3 look different? It has the same value as 3 in Latin-script digits, but belongs to the Tamil numeral system.

Questions people ask

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Why does ௩ 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 ௩

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0BE9, then Alt+X to get ௩.
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 “tamil digit three”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0be9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
௩
CSS
\0BE9
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
௩
HTML hex
௩
CSS content
content: "\0BE9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%AF%A9
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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