U+115C0 "𑗀" Siddham Sign Nukta Unicode Character

U+115C0 "𑗀" Siddham Sign Nukta is a diacritical mark used in the Siddham script, a historical writing system primarily employed for writing Sanskrit and other languages in East Asia, particularly in Buddhist contexts. This nukta sign functions similarly to a dot below a consonant character, modifying its phonetic value by indicating a change in pronunciation, such as representing a borrowed or foreign sound not originally native to the Siddham inventory. It is an essential part of the script's orthography, especially in the transliteration of Sanskrit mantras and texts, and its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of Siddham documents for research, preservation, and scholarly study.

General Properties

Code Point	U+115C0
Version Added	7.0
Name	Siddham Sign Nukta
Block	Siddham
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Nukta
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𑗀
HTML Hex Encoding	𑗀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x91 0x97 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD805 0xDDC0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000115C0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud805\uddc0

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	Siddham
Script Extensions	Siddham
Indic Syllabic Category	Nukta
Indic Positional Category	Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend