U+2E48 "⹈" Low Kavyka with Dot Unicode Character

U+2E48 "⹈" Low Kavyka with Dot is a punctuation mark used in certain medieval and ecclesiastical Slavic manuscripts, particularly in Old Church Slavonic and related Cyrillic orthographies. It functions as a type of comma or pause marker, with the dot indicating a slight variation or emphasis in its textual role, often appearing in liturgical or scholarly editions to denote a specific rhythmic or syntactic break. This character belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block, where it serves as a specialized tool for accurately representing historical script traditions and preserving the nuanced scribal conventions of early Slavic writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E48
Version Added	10.0
Name	Low Kavyka with Dot
Block	Supplemental Punctuation
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⹈
HTML Hex Encoding	⹈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB9 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E48
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E48
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e48

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	Break After
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other