U+10AF3 "𐫳" Manichaean Punctuation Dot Within Dot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐫳
U+10AF3 "𐫳" Manichaean Punctuation Dot Within Dot is a specialized punctuation mark used in the Manichaean script, which was historically employed to write texts of the Manichaean religion, primarily in Central Asia between the 3rd and 10th centuries. This character features two concentric dots and served as a textual divider, likely indicating pauses or structural breaks within a sentence, similar to a semicolon or a boundary marker. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve the typographic details of ancient Manichaean manuscripts, allowing for accurate digital representation of this historical writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10AF3 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Manichaean Punctuation Dot Within Dot |
| Block | Manichaean |
| 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 0xAB 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDEF3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010AF3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udef3 |
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 | Manichaean |
| Script Extensions | Manichaean |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |