U+0F1C "༜" Tibetan Sign Rdel Dkar Gsum Unicode Character

U+0F1C "༜" Tibetan Sign Rdel Dkar Gsum is a typographical mark used in Tibetan script, specifically a punctuation sign that visually represents three stacked round dots, known as "rdel dkar" or white circles. It is part of the Tibetan block in Unicode and serves a phonetic or structural role in Tibetan texts, often indicating a pause, separation, or special emphasis, akin to a type of delimiter or ornamentation in written Tibetan. Its design and function are rooted in traditional Tibetan calligraphy and manuscript culture, where such marks help organize sacred or literary material.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0F1C
Version Added	2.0
Name	Tibetan Sign Rdel Dkar Gsum
Block	Tibetan
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 0xBC 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0F1C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000F1C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0f1c

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	Alphabetic
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