U+1CF8 "᳸" Vedic Tone Ring Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᳸
U+1CF8 "᳸" Vedic Tone Ring Above is a combining diacritical mark used in the representation of the Vedic Sanskrit language, specifically to denote a particular high-pitched or tonal accent in ancient liturgical texts. This character is placed above a base letter to modify its pronunciation according to the phonetic rules of Vedic chant, reflecting the complex system of musical intonation preserved in the Samaveda and other early scriptures. It is encoded in the Vedic Extensions block of Unicode, ensuring that scholars and linguists can accurately digitize and transmit these sacred texts with their original tonal markings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CF8 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Vedic Tone Ring 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CF8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CF8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1cf8 |