U+1CE4 "᳤" Vedic Sign Reversed Visarga Udatta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᳤
U+1CE4 "᳤" Vedic Sign Reversed Visarga Udatta is a specialized diacritical mark used in the transcription and recitation of ancient Vedic Sanskrit texts, particularly within the Samaveda tradition. It represents a specific tonal or intonational variation of the standard visarga (a voiceless breath sound written as a colon-like symbol), where the "reversed" orientation combined with "udatta" indicates a raised or high-pitched articulation distinct from other visarga forms. This character is part of the Vedic Extensions block of Unicode, designed to preserve the precise phonetic details required for authentic chanting and scholarly study, ensuring that the nuanced pronunciation rules of Vedic prosody are accurately encoded in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CE4 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Vedic Sign Reversed Visarga Udatta |
| Block | Vedic Extensions |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Overlay |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᳤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᳤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB3 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CE4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CE4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ce4 |