U+1CF4 "᳴" Vedic Tone Candra Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1CF4 "᳴" Vedic Tone Candra Above is a combining diacritical mark used in the orthography of the Vedic Sanskrit language to denote a specific tonal accent, known as the candra or "moon" tone, which indicates a high or rising pitch on a syllable in the recitation of ancient hymns. Placed above a base character, this mark resembles a small crescent or half-moon shape, distinguishing it from other Vedic tonal markers like the udatta and anudatta. It is part of the Vedic Extensions block of Unicode, supporting the accurate digital representation of sacred texts such as the Rigveda, where precise tonal notation is crucial for proper chant and meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CF4 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Vedic Tone Candra Above |
| Block | Vedic Extensions |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᳴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᳴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB3 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CF4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CF4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1cf4 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Joining Type | Transparent |
| Line Break | Combining Mark |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Script | Inherited |
| Script Extensions | Devanagari Grantha Kannada Tulu Tigalari |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Cantillation Mark |
| Indic Positional Category | Top |
| Indic Conjunct Break | Extend |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Diacritic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Extend | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Extend |
| Word Break | Extend |
| Sentence Break | Extend |