U+11839 "ð‘ ¹" Dogra Sign Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð‘ ¹
U+11839 "ð‘ ¹" Dogra Sign Virama is a combining mark used in the Dogra script, an abugida historically employed for writing the Dogri language in northern India. This virama glyph functions as a halant or vowel killer, modifying a consonant’s inherent vowel to create a conjunct or suppress the vowel sound entirely, thereby enabling the formation of consonant clusters within the script. It plays an essential role in accurate text rendering for the Dogra language, ensuring correct syllabic structure and preserving the orthographic traditions of this Brahmi-derived writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11839 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Dogra Sign Virama |
| Block | Dogra |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Virama |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑠹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑠹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA0 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDC39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011839 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udc39 |