U+0949 "ॉ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Candra O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0949 "ॉ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Candra O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script, predominantly for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali. It represents the vowel sound [ɔ] or a short, half-rounded 'o' and is typically attached above a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel. This sign is part of a broader set of dependent vowel signs in Devanagari, which serve to indicate vowels that follow a consonant in a syllable, and it is distinct from the independent vowel form for O, being used only in combination with a base consonant letter.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0949 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Vowel Sign Candra O |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ॉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ॉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA5 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0949 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000949 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0949 |