U+0CF3 "ೳ" Kannada Sign Combining Anusvara Above Right Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0CF3 "ೳ" Kannada Sign Combining Anusvara Above Right is a diacritical mark used in the Kannada script to indicate a nasalization or a homorganic nasal sound, positioning itself above and to the right of the base consonant character it modifies. This combining sign serves as a variant of the standard anusvara, offering a specific orthographic nuance in certain linguistic or typographic contexts, particularly for transcribing Sanskrit or Prakrit loanwords where precise nasal articulation is required. It is distinct from other Kannada diacritics due to its unique placement and function within the Unicode standard, allowing for accurate digital representation of traditional written forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CF3 |
| Version Added | 15.0 |
| Name | Kannada Sign Combining Anusvara Above Right |
| Block | Kannada |
| 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 0xB3 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CF3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CF3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0cf3 |