U+1CE9 "ᳩ" Vedic Sign Anusvara Antargomukha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1CE9 "ᳩ" Vedic Sign Anusvara Antargomukha is a diacritical mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit tradition, specifically within the ancient phonetic annotations of the Samaveda and other sacred texts. It represents a variant of the anusvara, a nasalization symbol, with the modifier "antargomukha" meaning "inward-facing" or "turned inward," likely describing the shape or phonetic nuance of the articulation. This sign is part of the Vedic Extensions block and appears as a combining mark placed above or below a character to indicate a specific nasal sound, distinguished from other anusvara forms by its closed, inward-curving design. Its usage is rare and primarily found in scholarly manuscripts and digital representations of Vedic recitation, preserving precise oral traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+1CE9
Version Added 5.2
Name Vedic Sign Anusvara Antargomukha
Block Vedic Extensions
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᳩ
HTML Hex Encoding ᳩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB3 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1CE9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001CE9
C/C++/Java Escape \u1ce9

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Common
Script Extensions Devanagari Nandinagari Newa
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter