U+10A51 "𐩑" Kharoshthi Punctuation Small Circle Unicode Character

U+10A51 "𐩑" Kharoshthi Punctuation Small Circle is a punctuation mark used in the ancient Kharoshthi script, which was employed in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily from the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This small circle serves as a textual divider, likely functioning to separate phrases, clauses, or words within inscriptions and manuscripts, similar to a modern period or comma, and it reflects the scribal practices of the Gandharan Buddhist culture where the script was prevalent.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10A51
Version Added	4.1
Name	Kharoshthi Punctuation Small Circle
Block	Kharoshthi
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐩑
HTML Hex Encoding	𐩑
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA9 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDE51
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010A51
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\ude51

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