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