U+0F34 "༴" Tibetan Mark Bsdus Rtags Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0F34 "༴" Tibetan Mark Bsdus Rtags is a specialized punctuation glyph used in the Tibetan script, primarily functioning as a contraction or abbreviation mark. Its name, "Bsdus Rtags," translates to "sign of contraction," and it visually resembles a small, symmetrical cross-like symbol featuring four dots arranged in a diamond pattern around a central junction. In traditional Tibetan text, this mark indicates that two or more syllables or words have been combined into a single contracted form, serving as a typographic shorthand to save space and streamline writing, particularly in manuscripts and calligraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F34 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Mark Bsdus Rtags |
| 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 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f34 |
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 After |
| 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 |