U+093D "ऽ" Devanagari Sign Avagraha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ऽ
U+093D "ऽ" Devanagari Sign Avagraha is a punctuation mark used primarily in the Devanagari script to indicate a slight pause or the elision of a vowel sound, often occurring in Sanskrit and other Indic languages. Represented by a small circular shape, it functions as a prosodic marker that helps maintain the correct meter in poetry or reflects spoken contractions, such as in the word "क्वऽपि" (kvapi). Unlike a regular vowel sign, it is not part of the inherent alphabet but rather a syntactic indicator that modifies pronunciation or connects adjacent words, enhancing the flow and phonetic clarity of written text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+093D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Sign Avagraha |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ऽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ऽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x093D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000093D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u093d |