On Aug 13, 2016, at 2:06 PM, eduardo marin <nobody_uses_at_outlook.com> wrote:
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> It is well known that the southern song style of counting rods, had different forms for the digits 4, 5 and 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_rods , however currently there is no way to represent such forms,
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> a proposal to add them would only occupy five code points, since number four is identical both vertical and horizontally.
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> Counting rods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> en.wikipedia.org
> Counting rods represent digits by the number of rods, and the perpendicular rod represents five. To avoid confusion, vertical and horizontal forms are alternately used.
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