U+11D43 "𑵃" Masaram Gondi Sign Candra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑵃
U+11D43 "𑵃" Masaram Gondi Sign Candra is a diacritical mark used in the Masaram Gondi script, which was designed in the 20th century for writing the Gondi language spoken by the Gond people of central India. This sign, named after the Sanskrit word "candra" meaning moon, functions as a vowel length marker, specifically indicating a short or moon-like vowel sound, and it is placed above a consonant character to modify its pronunciation. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitally represent the unique orthographic features of this script, supporting the linguistic heritage of the Gond community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11D43 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Masaram Gondi Sign Candra |
| Block | Masaram Gondi |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑵃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑵃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB5 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDD43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011D43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udd43 |