U+0F09 "༉" Tibetan Mark Bskur Yig Mgo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
༉
U+0F09 "༉" Tibetan Mark Bskur Yig Mgo is a punctuation mark used in the Tibetan script, specifically functioning as a type of heading marker or ornamental initial sign. It is traditionally employed to indicate the beginning of a section of text that is presented as an offering or is dedicated to a sacred purpose, often appearing in religious or liturgical manuscripts. Visually, this character resembles a stylized knot or swirling symbol, and its name "Bskur Yig Mgo" translates to "offering mark" or "dedicatory heading," underscoring its ceremonial role in Tibetan writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F09 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Mark Bskur Yig Mgo |
| 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 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F09 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f09 |
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 |