U+0D4D "്" Malayalam Sign Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0D4D "്" Malayalam Sign Virama is a combining mark used in the Malayalam script to suppress the inherent vowel of a consonant, effectively creating a "dead consonant" that can form conjuncts or syllabic clusters. When placed after a consonant character, it indicates that no vowel sound should be pronounced, allowing the consonant to be grouped with a following consonant in the same syllable. This virama is essential for correctly representing compound letters and conjuncts in Malayalam, as it modifies the base consonant to carry a special diacritic form known as a chandrakkala or pulli, distinguishing it from similar marks in other Brahmi derived scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D4D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Sign Virama |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Virama |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ് |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ് |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d4d |