U+116B9 "ð‘š¹" Takri Abbreviation Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð‘š¹
U+116B9 "ð‘š¹" Takri Abbreviation Sign is a special mark used in the historical Takri script, which was primarily employed to write languages like Dogri, Kangri, and Chamba in the northern regions of India. This character functions as a typographic abbreviation indicator, signaling that a preceding word or syllable has been shortened or contracted according to traditional writing conventions. It typically appears as a small, stylized mark attached to the base character, allowing scribes to save space and streamline writing in manuscripts. Although the Takri script is now largely obsolete, the inclusion of this sign in Unicode helps preserve the orthographic practices of historical documents for digital and scholarly use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+116B9 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Takri Abbreviation Sign |
| Block | Takri |
| 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 0x9A 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDEB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000116B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udeb9 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Takri |
| Script Extensions | Takri |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |