U+1193D "𑤽" Dives Akuru Sign Halanta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑤽
U+1193D "𑤽" Dives Akuru Sign Halanta is a combining mark used in the Dives Akuru script, an ancient writing system historically employed in the Maldives and parts of South Asia, to represent a halanta or virama, which suppresses the inherent vowel of a consonant letter. This sign functions by modifying a base consonant character to indicate that it is not followed by a vowel, typically creating a conjunct or a final consonant without an audible vowel sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1193D |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Dives Akuru Sign Halanta |
| Block | Dives Akuru |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Virama |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑤽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑤽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA4 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDD3D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001193D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udd3d |