U+1CE6 "᳦" Vedic Sign Reversed Visarga Anudatta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᳦
U+1CE6 "᳦" Vedic Sign Reversed Visarga Anudatta is a diacritical mark used in Vedic Sanskrit to indicate a specific tonal accent, representing a reversed form of the visarga combined with the anudatta, or low-pitched, intonation. It appears in ancient texts as part of the complex system for chanting and recitation, modifying the pronunciation of the preceding vowel or consonant. This character belongs to the Vedic Extensions block and is typically employed by scholars and practitioners to preserve the precise phonetic details of Vedic scripture, ensuring the correct transmission of its melodic and rhythmic patterns.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CE6 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Vedic Sign Reversed Visarga Anudatta |
| 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CE6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CE6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ce6 |