U+110B9 "ð‘‚¹" Kaithi Sign Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+110B9 "ð‘‚¹" Kaithi Sign Virama is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kaithi script, a historical writing system primarily employed for languages like Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Hindi in northern India. This sign functions to suppress the inherent vowel of a consonant character, thereby forming conjuncts or consonant clusters, which is essential for accurately representing complex syllabic structures in the script. It appears as a small, diagonal stroke placed below the consonant it modifies, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital support for correct representation and rendering of Kaithi text in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+110B9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Kaithi Sign Virama |
| Block | Kaithi |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Virama |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑂹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑂹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x82 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDCB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000110B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udcb9 |