U+1A1F "᨟" Buginese End of Section Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1A1F "᨟" Buginese End of Section is a specialized script symbol derived from the Lontara style of writing used for the Buginese language of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it serves as a punctuation mark specifically indicating the conclusion of a section or division within a traditional manuscript or written text. This character, encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the Buginese block, helps preserve the typographic and structural conventions of historical Buginese documentation by visually signaling a break or endpoint, much like a modern section break, without implying the end of the entire document. Its inclusion in digital encoding ensures that scholars and speakers can accurately reproduce and interpret classic Buginese literature, religious works, and other cultural writings in electronic formats.

General Properties

Code Point U+1A1F
Version Added 4.1
Name Buginese End of Section
Block Buginese
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᨟
HTML Hex Encoding ᨟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA8 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1A1F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001A1F
C/C++/Java Escape \u1a1f

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 Alphabetic
Script Buginese
Script Extensions Buginese
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other