U+115CF "𑗏" Siddham Section Mark Double Ring Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+115CF "𑗏" Siddham Section Mark Double Ring is a punctuation mark used in the Siddham script, an alphasyllabary historically employed for writing Buddhist texts in East Asia, particularly in Japan. This specific character serves as a textual divider, indicating a major section or thematic break within a manuscript, often appearing in sequences of Siddham calligraphy to organize liturgical or philosophical content. Its design consists of two concentric circles, providing a visually distinct and sacred pause marker that reflects the script’s ritualistic and decorative role in esoteric Buddhist traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+115CF
Version Added 8.0
Name Siddham Section Mark Double Ring
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 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDDCF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000115CF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\uddcf

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