U+1104B "𑁋" Brahmi Punctuation Line Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑁋
U+1104B "𑁋" Brahmi Punctuation Line is a horizontal stroke used as a punctuation mark in the ancient Brahmi script, which was employed to write a variety of early Indian languages and inscriptions. This character typically functions as a phrase or sentence separator, similar to a modern comma or period, helping to delineate textual units in Brahmi manuscripts and epigraphs. It belongs to the Brahmi block of Unicode, which was added to support the digitization of historical South Asian texts, and its appearance is generally a short, straight line placed between words or clauses.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1104B |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Brahmi Punctuation Line |
| Block | Brahmi |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑁋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑁋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x81 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC4B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001104B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc4b |
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 | Ideographic |
| Script | Brahmi |
| Script Extensions | Brahmi |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |