U+0B01 "ଁ" Oriya Sign Candrabindu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B01 "ଁ" Oriya Sign Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the Oriya script, primarily to indicate the nasalization of a vowel. It is placed above a character, resembling a dot with a small crescent or curve, and serves a distinct phonetic role separate from the anusvara, as it nasalizes the vowel sound rather than adding a pure nasal consonant. This sign is an essential part of correct spelling and pronunciation in the Odia language, where its omission can change the meaning of words, and it is encoded in Unicode to ensure accurate digital representation of Oriya text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B01 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Sign Candrabindu |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B01 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B01 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b01 |