U+10D6D "" Garay Consonant Nasalization Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10D6D "" Garay Consonant Nasalization Mark is a combining diacritical sign used in the Garay script, which was created for writing the Wolof language of Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania. This mark is placed above or adjacent to a consonant character to indicate that the consonant is nasalized, meaning it is pronounced with airflow through the nose, a common phonological feature in Wolof and other West African languages. As part of the Garay block in Unicode, it helps ensure proper digital representation of the script's orthography, enabling accurate text rendering and encoding for linguistic study, cultural preservation, and modern communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10D6D |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Garay Consonant Nasalization Mark |
| Block | Garay |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐵭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐵭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xB5 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDD6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010D6D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\udd6d |