U+1680 " " Ogham Space Mark Unicode Character

U+1680 " " Ogham Space Mark is a special blank character specifically designed for use in the Ogham script, an ancient alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish and Pictish languages. Unlike standard spaces, this character is intended to separate words within Ogham inscriptions while maintaining the vertical or horizontal alignment unique to the script's linear style. It occupies the same width as typical Ogham letter characters, ensuring visual consistency in text rendering. As a result, it is distinct from regular space characters and is used in digital typography to accurately represent historical Ogham writing conventions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1680
Version Added	3.0
Name	Ogham Space Mark
Block	Ogham
General Category	Space Separator
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	White Space

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	 
HTML Hex Encoding	 
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x9A 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1680
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001680
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1680

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	Ogham
Script Extensions	Ogham
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
White Space	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	WSegSpace
Sentence Break	Sp