Paul Keinanen wrote:
>(...) I do not know of any writing system that would have a
special symbol for say, 17384 (...)
Correct, but I know a character set that has:
2160 ROMAN NUMERAL ONE
2161 ROMAN NUMERAL TWO
... etc. ...
216A ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN
216B ROMAN NUMERAL TWELVE
216C ROMAN NUMERAL FIFTY
216D ROMAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED
216E ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED
216F ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND
2170 SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE
2171 SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL TWO
... etc. ...
217A SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN
217B SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL TWELVE
217C SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL FIFTY
217D SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED
217E SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED
217F SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND
2181 ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE THOUSAND
2460 CIRCLED DIGIT ONE
2461 CIRCLED DIGIT TWO
... etc. ...
2467 CIRCLED DIGIT EIGHT
2468 CIRCLED DIGIT NINE
2469 CIRCLED NUMBER TEN
246A CIRCLED NUMBER ELEVEN
... etc. ...
2472 CIRCLED NUMBER NINETEEN
2473 CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY
2474 PARENTHESIZED DIGIT ONE
2475 PARENTHESIZED DIGIT TWO
... etc. ...
247B PARENTHESIZED DIGIT EIGHT
247C PARENTHESIZED DIGIT NINE
247D PARENTHESIZED NUMBER TEN
247E PARENTHESIZED NUMBER ELEVEN
... etc. ...
2486 PARENTHESIZED NUMBER NINETEEN
2487 PARENTHESIZED NUMBER TWENTY
2488 DIGIT ONE FULL STOP
2489 DIGIT TWO FULL STOP
... etc. ...
248F DIGIT EIGHT FULL STOP
2490 DIGIT NINE FULL STOP
2491 NUMBER TEN FULL STOP
2492 NUMBER ELEVEN FULL STOP
... etc. ...
249A NUMBER NINETEEN FULL STOP
249B NUMBER TWENTY FULL STOP
32C0 IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR JANUARY
32C1 IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR FEBRUARY
... etc. ...
32CA IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR NOVEMBER
32CB IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR DECEMBER
33E0 IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR DAY ONE
33E1 IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR DAY TWO
... etc. ...
33FD IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR DAY THIRTY
33FE IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR DAY THIRTY-ONE
for backward compatibility reasons, it seems.
Ciao.
_ Marco
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