U+0F06 "༆" Tibetan Mark Caret Yig Mgo Phur Shad Ma Unicode Character

U+0F06 "༆" Tibetan Mark Caret Yig Mgo Phur Shad Ma is a punctuation mark used in the Tibetan script, primarily serving as a decorative or structural element in traditional Tibetan texts to mark the beginning of a new section or verse. It visually resembles a caret or a curved line above a vertical shad, and its name breaks down into components: "Yig Mgo" meaning letter head, "Phur" indicating a nail or peg shape, and "Shad Ma" referring to a vertical bar or delimiter. This character is part of the larger family of Tibetan punctuation that organizes written language, ensuring clarity in religious, historical, and literary manuscripts where precise segmentation of content is essential.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0F06
Version Added	2.0
Name	Tibetan Mark Caret Yig Mgo Phur Shad Ma
Block	Tibetan
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	༆
HTML Hex Encoding	༆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xBC 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0F06
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000F06
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0f06

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	Break Before
Script	Tibetan
Script Extensions	Tibetan
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other