U+1CEA "ᳪ" Vedic Sign Anusvara Bahirgomukha Unicode Character

U+1CEA "ᳪ" Vedic Sign Anusvara Bahirgomukha is a diacritical mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit tradition to indicate a specific phonetic nuance in the chanting of sacred texts. It represents an anusvara, a type of nasalization, that is pronounced with the mouth directed outward, as suggested by the term "Bahirgomukha" which means "outward facing mouth." This sign is part of the Vedic Extensions block and is typically combined with a base character to modify its pronunciation, ensuring the precise recitation required for preserving the oral heritage of the Vedas.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᳪ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᳪ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB3 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1CEA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001CEA
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1cea

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	Bengali Devanagari Sharada
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