Such fraction signs were applied in the north of India and in some southern writing systems — for example, in Kannada. Apart from that, it was widely used in some particular regions of Pakistan and Nepal. Such fraction signs are still found in various written texts starting from the 16th century. Nowadays you may happen to meet them too. They perform as marks of price, weight, size and other characteristics.

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Range A830–A83F
Characters 16

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