U+1CF6 "ᳶ" Vedic Sign Upadhmaniya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᳶ
U+1CF6 "ᳶ" Vedic Sign Upadhmaniya is a diacritical mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit tradition to denote a specific phonetic feature, namely a slight nasalization or a glottal catch that occurs in the recitation of certain sacred texts. It is part of the Vedic Extensions block and appears as a small, downward-pointing hook or curve typically placed above or below a consonant character in Devanagari script, indicating a modification of the base sound according to ancient prosodic rules. This sign, along with other Vedic accents and modifiers, helps preserve the precise oral pronunciation of hymns and mantras as transmitted through generations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CF6 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Vedic Sign Upadhmaniya |
| Block | Vedic Extensions |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᳶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᳶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB3 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CF6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CF6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1cf6 |
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 |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Consonant With Stacker |
| 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 |