U+0FD8 "࿘" Left-Facing Svasti Sign with Dots Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
࿘
U+0FD8 "࿘" Left-Facing Svasti Sign with Dots is a symbol used in the Tibetan script, representing one of the many variations of the ancient svasti (or swastika) motif, which in its left-facing form is often associated with the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as an emblem of good fortune, eternity, and auspiciousness. This specific variant includes four dots positioned around the cross-like arms, which may serve to enhance its protective or decorative function in religious manuscripts, banners, or ritual objects. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Tibetan block, enabling its proper digital representation for scholarly, liturgical, and cultural purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0FD8 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Left-Facing Svasti Sign with Dots |
| 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 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0FD8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000FD8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0fd8 |
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 |