U+11000 "ð‘€€" Brahmi Sign Candrabindu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11000 "ð‘€€" Brahmi Sign Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the ancient Brahmi script to indicate nasalization of a vowel, characterized by a crescent or half-moon shape with a dot above it. This sign typically attaches to a preceding vowel symbol, modifying its pronunciation to include a nasal quality. Found primarily in early Indian inscriptions and texts, the Candrabindu is distinct from the anusvara, as it specifically denotes a softer nasalization rather than a full nasal consonant. Its inclusion in the Brahmi block of Unicode enables accurate digital representation of historical manuscripts and scholarly work on ancient South Asian writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11000 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Brahmi Sign Candrabindu |
| Block | Brahmi |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑀀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑀀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x80 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011000 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc00 |