U+1AD2 "" Combining Vertical-Line-Grave Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1AD2 "" Combining Vertical-Line-Grave is a combining diacritical mark used in ancient Sanskrit and other historical texts written in the Brahmi script, where it attaches to a base character to indicate a specific tonal or phonetic modification, such as a low or falling pitch. It belongs to the "Combining Diacritical Marks Extended" block and was introduced in Unicode version 5.1 in 2008 to support the accurate digital representation of classical Indic manuscripts. This mark appears as a short vertical line with a grave-like accent, and it is designed to be placed above or adjacent to the preceding character without taking up independent spacing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AD2 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Combining Vertical-Line-Grave |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Extended |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᫒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᫒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAB 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AD2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AD2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ad2 |