U+0C81 "ಁ" Kannada Sign Candrabindu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಁ
U+0C81 "ಁ" Kannada Sign Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the Kannada script to indicate the nasalization of a vowel, specifically denoting a nasalized schwa or similar sound. It appears as a dot with a small crescent above it, placing above the vowel character to modify its pronunciation. This sign is part of the Kannada block in Unicode and is employed in scholarly transliterations and certain linguistic contexts to represent Vedic or phonetic nuances, though it is less common in standard modern Kannada writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C81 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Kannada Sign Candrabindu |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C81 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c81 |