U+10A56 "𐩖" Kharoshthi Punctuation Danda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐩖
U+10A56 "𐩖" Kharoshthi Punctuation Danda is a script specific punctuation mark used in the ancient Kharoshthi writing system, which was employed in parts of Central and South Asia from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This character functions as a vertical stroke or bar that serves to mark the end of a sentence or clause, similar in purpose to a full stop or period in modern Latin scripts. It is part of the Kharoshthi block within Unicode, which was added to support the digital representation of this historic script and its associated texts, such as Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10A56 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Kharoshthi Punctuation Danda |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDE56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010A56 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\ude56 |
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 |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Sentence Terminal | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | STerm |