Upside Down 5
ဌ is a Myanmar letter whose shape resembles a turned 5.
The digit 5 has a flat top, a vertical stroke, and a belly at the bottom. Rotated, the belly goes on top and the flat bar sits underneath. The Myanmar letter ဌ (U+100C, Myanmar Letter Ttha) is the substitution most flip tables use. On a seven-segment calculator display a 5 looks identical when turned, and reads as S.
| Normal number | 5 |
|---|---|
| Flipped | ဌ |
| Unicode name | Myanmar Letter Ttha |
| Code point | U+100C |
| Calculator reading | S (U+0053) |
Where you will see ဌ
People paste ဌ into scoreboards, flipped dates and decorated usernames. Its use is mostly visual. A Burmese reader will see the Myanmar letter, not a number, and screen readers will read it that way too, so it is a poor choice when meaning matters, such as an address or a price.
Copy and paste examples
5→ဌ55→ဌဌ1565→ဌ9ဌ⇂5050→0ဌ0ဌ
Good to know
Does ဌ work in every font?
Not always. It needs a font with Myanmar script coverage; without one you will see a box.
All the flipped numbers are listed on the numbers page, or type a whole sentence into the upside down text generator.