U+085E "࡞" Mandaic Punctuation Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
࡞
U+085E "࡞" Mandaic Punctuation is a specialized glyph used in the Mandaic script, which is employed for writing the Mandaic language, a liturgical language of the Mandaean religious community. This particular character functions as a punctuation mark within Mandaic texts, specifically serving as a horizontal line or stroke that often appears to separate sections or words, similar in some respects to a comma or full stop in other scripts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital representations of Mandaic literature can accurately preserve the unique orthographic and textual conventions of this ancient Semitic tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+085E |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Mandaic Punctuation |
| Block | Mandaic |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࡞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࡞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA1 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x085E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000085E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u085e |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Mandaic |
| Script Extensions | Mandaic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |