U+0D79 "൹" Malayalam Date Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
൹
U+0D79 "൹" Malayalam Date Mark is a specialized orthographic symbol used in the Malayalam script of South India to indicate that the preceding numeral or sequence represents a date, typically appearing alongside digits in calendars, historical records, or documents to distinguish a numeric date from other numeric values or measurements. It functions as a diacritic-like mark that is placed above or attached to the number, similar to how a date marker might be rendered in other writing systems, and it is part of the Unicode block for Malayalam, reflecting the script's need for precise calendrical notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D79 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Date Mark |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D79 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D79 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d79 |
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 | Postfix Numeric |
| Script | Malayalam |
| Script Extensions | Malayalam |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |