U+115CC "𑗌" Siddham Section Mark with Rays and Dotted Crescents Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑗌

U+115CC "𑗌" Siddham Section Mark with Rays and Dotted Crescents is a punctuation mark used in the Siddham script, an ancient writing system primarily employed for writing Sanskrit and mantra texts in East Asian Buddhism. This ornate symbol functions as a textual divider, marking the end of a section or chapter with distinctive decorative elements: a central circle or sun motif with radiating rays above and dotted crescent shapes below. It belongs to the Siddham block of Unicode and is often found in manuscript traditions from medieval India, China, and Japan, where it served both a practical and aesthetic role in structuring liturgical or philosophical writings.

General Properties

Code Point U+115CC
Version Added 8.0
Name Siddham Section Mark with Rays and Dotted Crescents
Block Siddham
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 0x97 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDDCC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000115CC
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\uddcc

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 Break After
Script Siddham
Script Extensions Siddham
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Terminal Punctuation Yes
Sentence Terminal Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break STerm