U+0BF4 "௴" Tamil Month Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0BF4 "௴" Tamil Month Sign is a typographic symbol used in the Tamil script to denote a specific month, often employed in calendrical and date-related contexts within Tamil language writing. This character forms part of the Tamil block in Unicode, which includes various signs and markers for historical and modern usage. Its presence allows digital texts to accurately represent traditional Tamil calendar systems, where such signs precede or indicate month names without relying on separate numeral or text abbreviations. As a result, it helps preserve the unique orthographic conventions of Tamil in electronic documents and communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BF4 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Tamil Month Sign |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ௴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ௴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAF 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BF4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BF4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0bf4 |
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 | Tamil |
| Script Extensions | Tamil |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |