U+11D44 "𑵄" Masaram Gondi Sign Halanta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑵄
U+11D44 "𑵄" Masaram Gondi Sign Halanta is a diacritical mark used in the Masaram Gondi script, which was created in the early 20th century for writing the Gondi language of central India. This sign, known as a halanta or virama, functions to suppress the inherent vowel of a consonant, creating a conjunct or a dead consonant without a following vowel sound. It is an essential component of the script's orthography, ensuring accurate representation of consonant clusters and word-final consonants in written Gondi, and it belongs to the Unicode block designated for the Masaram Gondi script, encoded in 2018 as part of Unicode version 11.0.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11D44 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Masaram Gondi Sign Halanta |
| Block | Masaram Gondi |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Virama |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑵄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑵄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB5 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDD44 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011D44 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udd44 |