U+1163D "𑘽" Modi Sign Anusvara Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑘽
U+1163D "𑘽" Modi Sign Anusvara is a diacritical mark used in the Modi script, a historical writing system once employed primarily for the Marathi language in the state of Maharashtra, India. This anusvara sign, which takes the form of a dot placed above a character, indicates nasalization of the preceding vowel, fundamentally altering its pronunciation by adding a nasal sound. As part of the Modi script's encoding in the Unicode Standard, this character helps preserve and digitally represent a significant part of India's linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1163D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Modi Sign Anusvara |
| Block | Modi |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑘽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑘽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x98 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDE3D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001163D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\ude3d |