U+11080 "𑂀" Kaithi Sign Candrabindu Unicode Character

U+11080 "𑂀" Kaithi Sign Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the Kaithi script, a historical writing system primarily employed for languages like Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Urdu in northern India. This character indicates nasalization of the vowel to which it is attached, functioning similarly to the candrabindu sign in other Brahmic scripts by modifying pronunciation to add a nasal quality. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the block for Kaithi, which was added to support the digital representation of this script, and its usage helps preserve the orthographic nuances of texts written in Kaithi, such as those found in medieval manuscripts and early printed documents.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11080
Version Added	5.2
Name	Kaithi Sign Candrabindu
Block	Kaithi
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𑂀
HTML Hex Encoding	𑂀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x91 0x82 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD804 0xDC80
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011080
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud804\udc80

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Kaithi
Script Extensions	Kaithi
Indic Syllabic Category	Bindu
Indic Positional Category	Top
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend