What ༰ means
At a number’s end, ༰ stands for 6½. In ༤༰, ༤ is the tens digit and the numeral reads 46½.
A 1933 Tibetan postage stamp uses ༱ for 7½; a 1918–1925 coin spells out that value. Neither example uses ༰.
A 2000 report says crossed digits in Buddhist proportion plans and Tibetan astrology may mark calculation, not “minus one-half.” Check context before reading a crossed form as a fraction.
Specialist Tibetan number notation, not a message reaction.
A crossed digit does not always mean minus one-half.
Who writes ༰
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ༰ 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.
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How to type or find ༰
- Search it as
- half-seven · Tibetan slashed digit · Tibetan fraction digit · ༱
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
༰\0F30Codes and encoding1 code points
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