U+1135F "𑍟" Grantha Letter Vedic Double Anusvara Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑍟

U+1135F "𑍟" Grantha Letter Vedic Double Anusvara is a distinctive diacritical mark used in the Grantha script, primarily employed to write Sanskrit and other classical texts in the Tamil region of South India. It represents a doubled nasal sound after a vowel, often corresponding to the Vedic accentual or phonetic doubling of the anusvara, which is a nasalization symbol. This character is part of the Grantha block in Unicode and is typically applied in scholarly editions of Vedic manuscripts to denote a specific phonetic or metrical feature. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that researchers and linguists can accurately encode and preserve ancient texts that rely on this rare and specialized notation, supporting the digital representation of South Indian epigraphic and literary heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1135F
Version Added 7.0
Name Grantha Letter Vedic Double Anusvara
Block Grantha
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑍟
HTML Hex Encoding 𑍟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x8D 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDF5F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001135F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udf5f

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 Aksara Start
Script Grantha
Script Extensions Grantha
Indic Syllabic Category Bindu
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter