U+10B3A "𐬺" Tiny Two Dots over One Dot Punctuation Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐬺
U+10B3A "𐬺" Tiny Two Dots over One Dot Punctuation is a specialized symbol belonging to the ancient Avestan script, used historically for writing the Zoroastrian religious texts. It functions as a punctuation mark, specifically a type of colon or separator within Avestan manuscripts, where it likely indicates a significant pause or textual division to aid in the recitation of sacred liturgies. Visually, it consists of two small dots arranged vertically above a single dot, forming a distinctive tripartite glyph that resembles a triangular or stooped punctuation form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B3A |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tiny Two Dots over One Dot Punctuation |
| Block | Avestan |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐬺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐬺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAC 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B3A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf3a |
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 | Avestan |
| Script Extensions | Avestan |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |