U+10A58 "𐩘" Kharoshthi Punctuation Lines Unicode Character

U+10A58 "𐩘" Kharoshthi Punctuation Lines is a punctuation mark from the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system used in parts of South and Central Asia from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. It is composed of multiple horizontal or wavy lines and served as a scribal or decorative divider within inscriptions and manuscripts, likely used to separate sections of text, denote a pause, or mark the end of a segment. Unlike modern punctuation, this character functioned more as a visual and structural break than as a grammatical marker, reflecting the unique formatting conventions of Kharoshthi epigraphy and literature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10A58
Version Added	4.1
Name	Kharoshthi Punctuation Lines
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 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDE58
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010A58
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\ude58

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