U+11C41 "𑱁" Bhaiksuki Danda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑱁
U+11C41 "𑱁" Bhaiksuki Danda is a punctuation mark from the historical Bhaiksuki script, which was used primarily in parts of South Asia between the 6th and 9th centuries CE to write Buddhist texts. This particular character functions as a double vertical line that serves as a sentence delimiter or section break, similar in purpose to a period or a larger textual divider in modern writing systems. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately represent ancient manuscripts containing this script, preserving the structural integrity of the original documents for study and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C41 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Danda |
| Block | Bhaiksuki |
| 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 0xB1 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C41 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc41 |