U+114C6 "𑓆" Tirhuta Abbreviation Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑓆
U+114C6 "𑓆" Tirhuta Abbreviation Sign is a punctuation mark used in the Tirhuta script, which is historically employed to write the Maithili language primarily in the Mithila region of India and Nepal. This sign functions as a scribal abbreviation marker, indicating that a preceding word or syllable has been shortened or contracted in written text, similar to how an apostrophe or period might denote abbreviation in other scripts. It appears as a small curved or angled mark set above the standard writing line and is part of the Tirhuta block of Unicode, which was encoded to preserve and digitize this endangered script's medieval and modern manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+114C6 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Tirhuta Abbreviation Sign |
| Block | Tirhuta |
| 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 0x93 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDCC6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000114C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udcc6 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Tirhuta |
| Script Extensions | Tirhuta |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |