U+07FE "߾" NKo Dorome Sign Unicode Character

U+07FE "߾" NKo Dorome Sign is a punctuation mark used in the NKo script, which was created for writing the Manding languages of West Africa. This specific sign functions as a tone marker, indicating a particular tonal contour in the language, similar to how diacritics alter the pitch or inflection of a syllable. It is encoded in the NKo block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the written communication of languages like Bambara, Maninka, and Dyula, preserving their unique linguistic features. The Dorome sign, like other NKo punctuation, helps clarify meaning and pronunciation in a script read from right to left, thereby enhancing the readability and accuracy of written texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+07FE
Version Added	11.0
Name	NKo Dorome Sign
Block	NKo
General Category	Currency Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	߾
HTML Hex Encoding	߾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xDF 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x07FE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000007FE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u07fe

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Prefix Numeric
Script	Nko
Script Extensions	Nko
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other