U+11B09 "𑬉" Devanagari Sign Mindu Unicode Character

U+11B09 "𑬉" Devanagari Sign Mindu is a rare diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to denote a specific tone or phonetic nuance, primarily found in old or liturgical manuscripts such as those for Sanskrit and related languages. It functions as a superscript sign that modifies the vowel sound of the syllable it accompanies, indicating a high or rising pitch in certain recitation traditions. This character belongs to the Devanagari Extended block and is historically significant for accurate textual representation and scholarly transcription of Vedic and classical texts, though it is not commonly used in modern standard Devanagari writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11B09
Version Added	15.0
Name	Devanagari Sign Mindu
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 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD806 0xDF09
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011B09
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud806\udf09

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