U+0945 "ॅ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Candra E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ॅ
U+0945 "ॅ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Candra E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to represent a short, nasalized vowel sound, typically the half vowel "e" or a short "ɛ" as heard in certain languages like Marathi and Nepali. It appears as a small crescent shape placed above a consonant, modifying its inherent vowel sound. This character is distinct from the regular vowel sign for "e" and is specifically employed to denote a nuanced pronunciation that is often short and lightly nasalized, making it essential for accurate orthography in linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0945 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Vowel Sign Candra E |
| 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 0xA5 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0945 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000945 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0945 |