U+1CF7 "᳷" Vedic Sign Atikrama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᳷
U+1CF7 "᳷" Vedic Sign Atikrama is a diacritical mark used in the ancient Indian texts known as the Vedas, specifically to indicate the phonetic phenomenon of "overstepping" or "transgression" where a syllable's duration or pitch is extended beyond its normal measure during recitation. This sign belongs to the Vedic Extensions block of Unicode and is applied to characters in Sanskrit manuscripts to preserve the precise oral tradition of chanting, ensuring that the sacred sounds and tonal accents, such as the svarita or udatta, are correctly maintained.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CF7 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Vedic Sign Atikrama |
| Block | Vedic Extensions |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᳷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᳷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB3 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CF7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CF7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1cf7 |