U+11C43 "𑱃" Bhaiksuki Word Separator Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑱃
U+11C43 "𑱃" Bhaiksuki Word Separator is a specialized punctuation mark used in the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmi-based script employed primarily for writing Buddhist manuscripts in parts of South Asia and Central Asia. It functions as a distinct typographic symbol inserted between words to clarify lexical boundaries, serving a similar purpose to a space in modern scripts but rendered as a visible, small vertical line or mark in the Bhaiksuki writing system. This character is part of the broader Unicode block for Bhaiksuki, which was added to the standard to support digital preservation and scholarly study of rare historical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C43 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Word Separator |
| 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 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc43 |
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 After |
| Script | Bhaiksuki |
| Script Extensions | Bhaiksuki |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |