U+1CE7 "᳧" Vedic Sign Visarga Udatta with Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1CE7 "᳧" Vedic Sign Visarga Udatta with Tail is a combining diacritical mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit textual tradition to indicate a specific tonal and phonetic variation of the standard visarga (ḥ). It denotes a visarga that carries the udātta, or high-pitched accent, and is distinguished by a small downward tail attached to the right side of the visarga's two dots. This sign appears in ancient manuscripts and modern scholarly editions of liturgical and grammatical texts, where precise accentuation is crucial for correct recitation and semantic interpretation. Its encoding allows digital preservation of such nuanced scriptural details, which are vital for the accurate study and performance of Vedic chants.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CE7 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Vedic Sign Visarga Udatta with Tail |
| 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 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CE7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CE7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ce7 |