U+11C40 "𑱀" Bhaiksuki Sign Avagraha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑱀
U+11C40 "𑱀" Bhaiksuki Sign Avagraha is a punctuation mark used in the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system employed primarily for writing Buddhist texts in Sanskrit and possibly other languages in historical regions of present-day India, Nepal, and China. This specific sign functions as an avagraha, which typically indicates the elision or contraction of a vowel sound at the end of a word when followed by a word beginning with a vowel, similar to its use in other Indic scripts. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation and scholarly study of Bhaiksuki manuscripts, preserving a key component of the script's orthography and textual tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C40 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Sign Avagraha |
| Block | Bhaiksuki |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑱀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑱀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc40 |