U+0F3F "༿" Tibetan Sign Mar Tshes Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
༿
U+0F3F "༿" Tibetan Sign Mar Tshes is a diacritical mark used in the Tibetan script to indicate the tonic syllable in a musical or chanting context, specifically within traditional Buddhist liturgical texts. It visually appears as a small, flat line placed below a consonant or vowel base, and its name "Mar Tshes" translates to "low dot" or "lower mark" in Tibetan, distinguishing it from other tone markers. This sign plays a crucial role in the precise intonation required for chanting sutras and mantras, ensuring that the melodic contours of sacred recitations are accurately preserved across oral and written traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F3F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Sign Mar Tshes |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ༿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ༿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBC 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F3F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f3f |