U+11A40 "𑩀" Zanabazar Square Closing Head Mark Unicode Character

U+11A40 "𑩀" Zanabazar Square Closing Head Mark is a punctuation symbol used in the Zanabazar Square script, an abugida created in the 17th century by the Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar for writing Tibetan, Mongolian, and Sanskrit. This specific character serves as a closing delimiter, typically paired with an opening head mark, to denote the end of a section or heading in a manuscript, functioning similarly to a bracket or quotation mark. It is part of the Zanabazar Square block in Unicode, which was standardized in 2018 to support the digital preservation of this historical script. The mark’s square, geometric form reflects the script’s distinctive visual style, designed to be both decorative and functional in textual layout.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11A40
Version Added	10.0
Name	Zanabazar Square Closing Head Mark
Block	Zanabazar Square
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 0xA9 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD806 0xDE40
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011A40
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud806\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
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Zanabazar Square
Script Extensions	Zanabazar Square
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other