U+11669 "ð‘™©" Mongolian Swirl Birga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11669 "ð‘™©" Mongolian Swirl Birga is a decorative punctuation mark used in the traditional Mongolian script, specifically serving as an ornate ornamental symbol derived from the Birga, a common stylized motif in Mongolian calligraphy and manuscript illumination. It often appears at the beginning of texts, chapters, or sections to mark a significant opening, functioning as a visual flourish rather than a phonetic or grammatical character. This particular Swirl Birga variant features a distinctive spiral or curling design, adding an artistic and reverential tone to the written word, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Mongolian Supplement block to support the digital representation of historical and contemporary Mongolian writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11669 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Mongolian Swirl Birga |
| Block | Mongolian Supplement |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑙩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑙩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x99 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDE69 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011669 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\ude69 |
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 Before |
| Script | Mongolian |
| Script Extensions | Mongolian |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |