U+11D45 "𑵅" Masaram Gondi Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑵅
U+11D45 "𑵅" Masaram Gondi Virama is a combining mark used in the Masaram Gondi script, which was created in the 20th century to write the Gondi language of central India. This virama functions as a vowel killer, meaning that when it is placed after a consonant character, it suppresses the inherent vowel that normally follows that consonant in the script, thereby forming a pure consonant or a conjunct cluster. Unlike many other Indic scripts, the Masaram Gondi virama is written as a visible diacritical mark below the consonant, rather than as an invisible or halant character, and it plays a crucial role in accurately representing the phonetics of the Gondi language in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11D45 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Masaram Gondi Virama |
| 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 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDD45 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011D45 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udd45 |