Wancho Digit Nine

𞋹 is the Wancho digit for nine, part of the script’s own decimal digit set. Banwang Losu, a teacher, developed the Wancho script from 2001 to 2012 after finding that Latin letters did not capture the pitch differences that can change a word’s meaning in Wancho; he intended it to improve communication and help preserve Wancho stories and songs. Wancho-script classes began in 2016; in a 2023 interview, Losu described government lessons for middle-school classes.

Text symbol

What 𞋹 means

𞋹 is the wancho digit nine. Unicode classifies it as a decimal digit and files it in the Wancho block; this site shelves it under Indian scripts.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𞋹 is a single code point, U1E2F9. In HTML that is 𞋹, and in CSS \1E2F9.

Part of the collection

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Lepcha, Wancho & Other Scripts of India and Nepal

Who writes 𞋹

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Questions people ask

Why does 𞋹 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Wancho block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.