U+0F0A "༊" Tibetan Mark Bka- Shog Yig Mgo Unicode Character

U+0F0A "༊" Tibetan Mark Bka- Shog Yig Mgo is a typographic symbol used in the Tibetan script, specifically functioning as an ornamental or decorative marker that appears at the beginning of certain Tibetan texts, particularly in religious or formal documents. Its name, Bka- Shog Yig Mgo, translates to "head of a letter from a command" or "authoritative document head," indicating its role as a heading indicator for decrees, teachings, or scriptures. This character belongs to the Tibetan script block and is part of a set of punctuation marks that structure written Tibetan, helping to visually separate sections or signal the start of important passages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0F0A
Version Added	2.0
Name	Tibetan Mark Bka- Shog 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 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0F0A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000F0A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0f0a

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