U+0900 "ऀ" Devanagari Sign Inverted Candrabindu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0900 "ऀ" Devanagari Sign Inverted Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to indicate a specific nasalization or vowel modification, typically representing a nasalized schwa or a similar phonetic nuance in certain transliteration systems or scholarly texts. It appears as an inverted crescent-shaped symbol above a character, distinguishing it from the standard candrabindu, and is primarily employed in Sanskrit or Vedic contexts where precise articulation of nasal sounds is required. This character is rarely used in modern everyday writing but holds importance for accurate representation of ancient or liturgical texts, ensuring fidelity to original pronunciations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0900 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Devanagari Sign Inverted Candrabindu |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ऀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ऀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0900 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000900 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0900 |