U+11640 "𑙀" Modi Sign Ardhacandra Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑙀

U+11640 "𑙀" Modi Sign Ardhacandra is a diacritical mark used in the Modi script, which was historically employed to write the Marathi language in Maharashtra, India. This particular sign represents an "ardhacandra" or half-moon shape, typically placed above or attached to a consonant to modify its inherent vowel sound, often indicating a shortened or nasalized vowel in the Modi orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+11640
Version Added 7.0
Name Modi Sign Ardhacandra
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 0x99 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDE40
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011640
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\ude40

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 Modi
Script Extensions Modi
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Top
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend