U+1CD2 "᳒" Vedic Tone Prenkha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᳒
U+1CD2 "᳒" Vedic Tone Prenkha is a combining mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit tradition to indicate a specific tonal accent or melodic rise and fall in the recitation of the Samaveda and related texts. This diacritical sign is placed above or adjacent to a syllable to denote the prenkha or "swing" tone, a musical ornament that requires the voice to glide smoothly between two notes in a swinging motion. As part of the Vedic extensions block, it assists scholars and practitioners in preserving the precise oral performance of ancient hymns, where intonation is critical for meaning and ritual efficacy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CD2 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Vedic Tone Prenkha |
| Block | Vedic Extensions |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᳒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᳒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB3 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CD2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CD2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1cd2 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Joining Type | Transparent |
| Line Break | Combining Mark |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Script | Inherited |
| Script Extensions | Bengali Devanagari Grantha Kannada |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Cantillation Mark |
| Indic Positional Category | Top |
| Indic Conjunct Break | Extend |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Diacritic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Extend | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Extend |
| Word Break | Extend |
| Sentence Break | Extend |