U+0FD6 "࿖" Left-Facing Svasti Sign Unicode Character

U+0FD6 "࿖" Left-Facing Svasti Sign is a Tibetan script symbol that represents a leftward spinning variation of the ancient swastika motif, distinct from the right-facing version (U+0FD5). This character is part of the Tibetan block within Unicode and holds religious and cultural significance in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon traditions, where it often symbolizes auspiciousness, eternity, and the eternal cycle of life, though its meaning is strictly tied to its traditional Buddhist and Hindu contexts and should not be conflated with the later negative associations of the Nazi swastika, which uses a different orientation and symbol set.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0FD6
Version Added	5.2
Name	Left-Facing Svasti Sign
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 0xBF 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0FD6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000FD6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0fd6

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	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other