U+11B04 "𑬄" Devanagari Sign Extended Bhale Unicode Character

U+11B04 "𑬄" Devanagari Sign Extended Bhale is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script, specifically within the context of extended Devanagari orthography for representing certain tonal or phonetic distinctions in languages like Kashmiri or Nepali. This sign modifies the base consonant or vowel it attaches to, indicating an extended or prolonged phonetic quality, and it belongs to the "Devanagari Extended-A" block which was added to the Unicode standard to support additional linguistic needs beyond the core Devanagari repertoire. Its precise usage is largely confined to scholarly or specialized textual representations, where it helps preserve accurate pronunciation in written form.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11B04
Version Added	15.0
Name	Devanagari Sign Extended Bhale
Block	Devanagari Extended-A
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 0xAC 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD806 0xDF04
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011B04
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud806\udf04

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	Devanagari
Script Extensions	Devanagari
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other