U+10AF5 "𐫵" Manichaean Punctuation Two Dots Unicode Character

U+10AF5 "𐫵" Manichaean Punctuation Two Dots is a punctuation mark used in the Manichaean script, an abjad historically employed to write Middle Persian, Parthian, Sogdian, and other languages within the Manichaean religious tradition. This character functions as a grammatical or syntactic separator, often indicating a pause, break, or division between words or clauses in Manichaean texts, similar in purpose to a comma or period in modern scripts. It consists of two dots arranged vertically, distinguishing it from other Manichaean punctuation marks like the single dot or four dots. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that ancient Manichaean manuscripts can be accurately digitized and preserved for scholarly study and cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10AF5
Version Added	7.0
Name	Manichaean Punctuation Two Dots
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 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDEF5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010AF5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\udef5

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