U+09FD "৽" Bengali Abbreviation Sign Unicode Character

U+09FD "৽" Bengali Abbreviation Sign is a punctuation mark used in the Bengali script to indicate an abbreviation, similar in function to a period or full stop in English but specifically designed for shortening words or phrases within Bengali text. It appears as a distinctive symbol, often resembling a small loop or curved line, and is employed in formal writing, manuscripts, and typography to signal that a word has been truncated. This character was added to the Unicode Standard to support proper representation of historical and contemporary Bengali documents, ensuring that abbreviations are correctly read and processed in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+09FD
Version Added	10.0
Name	Bengali Abbreviation Sign
Block	Bengali
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	৽
HTML Hex Encoding	৽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xA7 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x09FD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000009FD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u09fd

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	Bengali
Script Extensions	Bengali
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other