U+1B5B "᭛" Balinese Pamada Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᭛
U+1B5B "᭛" Balinese Pamada is a punctuation mark from the Balinese script, used primarily in writing the Balinese language. It functions as a type of section divider or ornamental separator, often appearing in traditional manuscripts or texts to indicate a pause, a thematic break, or the end of a section within a poem or prose passage. Its distinctive curved shape adds a visual flourish to the written word, reflecting the script’s aesthetic roots in Hindu-Buddhist cultural traditions of Bali. The Pamada helps organize text in a manner similar to a danda in other Brahmic scripts, contributing to the rhythmic flow of written Balinese.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B5B |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Pamada |
| Block | Balinese |
| 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 0xAD 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b5b |