U+1163F "𑘿" Modi Sign Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑘿
U+1163F "𑘿" Modi Sign Virama is a combining mark used in the Modi script, a historical Brahmic abugida primarily employed to write the Marathi language in the Maratha Empire. This virama, also known as a halant, functions as a diacritic that suppresses the inherent vowel of a consonant, creating a conjunct without a vowel sound or indicating a bare consonant. In practical writing, it can be positioned above, below, or to the right of a consonant to modify its pronunciation, and it is distinct from the simpler virama found in other Brahmic scripts due to its notably decorative and ornate visual style.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1163F |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Modi Sign Virama |
| Block | Modi |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Virama |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑘿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑘿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x98 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDE3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001163F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\ude3f |