Persian Digits ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹

Iranian Persian normally writes numbers with ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹. Unicode calls these the Extended Arabic-Indic digits, U+06F0 through U+06F9; in a Persian context they are simply Persian digits. They are not the same characters as ASCII 0123456789 or the Arabic-Indic set ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ used in much Arabic text.

Multi-digit Persian numbers preserve ordinary place-value order. The sentence flows right to left, but the numeral is an internally left-to-right island. You type the thousands digit first, just as you do in English, and never reverse the digits to make the number “fit” the surrounding Persian.

Learn the three sets side by side

The most diagnostic shapes are Persian ۴، ۵، ۶ versus Arabic-Indic ٤، ٥، ٦. Persian ۰، ۱، ۲، ۳، ۷، ۸، ۹ also have distinct code points even where a font makes them look similar to another set. Appearance alone cannot guarantee clean data.

Number strings do not run backward

In ۱۴۰۵, the logical sequence is ۱, then ۴, then ۰, then ۵. The number represents one thousand four hundred and five, not five thousand forty-one. Enter the digits in that order even though the Persian words before and after the number are laid out right to left.

Persian number words are another layer of grammar. A quantity such as ۳۲ is read as one cardinal number, si-o-do. An identifier may instead be read digit by digit: a verification code ۳۰۷۵ can be spoken se, sefr, haft, panj. Context—not the glyph sequence alone—decides whether the digits form a quantity or a code. The cardinal-number pages develop number formation and noun syntax.

Thousands separator ٬

Use ٬ (U+066C) to group thousands in Persian-formatted numbers. It sits within the numeric island and does not function as a sentence comma. Compare Persian sentence comma ، with thousands separator ٬: they point in related directions but occupy different vertical positions and have different code points.

Do not insert ordinary spaces around ٬. A narrow visual gap belongs to the glyph; the complete expression remains one numeral. In data files, spreadsheets, and programming contexts, software may require an ungrouped number or an ASCII separator. That is a technical format requirement, not Persian running-text punctuation.

Decimal separator ٫

The Persian numeric separator for a decimal is ٫ (U+066B). It differs from the sentence comma ،, thousands separator ٬, and full stop .. The decimal separator binds the integer and fractional parts into one number.

Persian reads the separator as ممیز momayyez. The digits after it may be read as a number or individually depending on precision and convention. The dedicated page on decimals covers those reading choices; here the crucial point is to enter ٫, not the Persian sentence comma.

Percentages, times, dates, and codes

Persian uses the percent sign ٪ after the number in logical order, with no intervening space in the compact standard style. A colon commonly separates hours and minutes. Slashes are common in compact numeric dates; the order in Iranian dates is normally year, month, day. These punctuation characters form part of the numeric island and can make cursor movement look unusual in mixed-direction editors.

When an international phone number, URL, software command, or mathematical expression is deliberately Latin-formatted, ASCII digits can be appropriate inside that (technical) left-to-right island. The default for ordinary Persian prose, prices, dates, page numbers, and local interfaces remains Persian digits (written-standard).

Register and typography

Persian digits are normal in (written-standard) news, books, public signs, government material (formal), and Persian-language scholarship (academic). ASCII digits are widespread online (informal) because keyboards, databases, and imported content vary. Arabic-Indic digits often reveal text copied from Arabic sources or an Arabic keyboard; they are not an Iranian regional variant.

Literary prose uses the same digit system when it uses figures (literary), though numbers may be spelled out for rhythm or style. The choice between figures and number words is editorial; the identity of the Persian digit characters is not.

Common Mistakes

1. Leaving ASCII digits in an ordinary Persian sentence. The Persian target uses the U+06F0 series.

2. Importing Arabic-Indic digits. Arabic ٤٥٦ and Persian ۴۵۶ encode different characters.

3. Reversing a number to match the surrounding RTL sentence. Numerals retain their own internal order.

4. Using the sentence comma as a decimal separator. ، divides prose; ٫ divides a decimal number.

5. Mixing an ASCII comma into a Persian-formatted amount. Use the dedicated thousands separator.

Key Takeaways

Persian digits are ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹, not ASCII or Arabic-Indic lookalikes. Type a multi-digit number in normal place-value order and let the bidirectional renderer place the numeric island. Within numbers, distinguish thousands ٬, decimal ٫, and percent ٪ from sentence punctuation.