U+A874 "꡴" Phags-Pa Single Head Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꡴
U+A874 "꡴" Phags-Pa Single Head Mark is a punctuation symbol from the Phags-Pa script, which was created in the 13th century under the Mongol Yuan Dynasty to write Chinese, Mongolian, and other languages phonetically. This specific character functions as a heading or section marker, similar to an asterisk or decorative flourish in modern typography, used to introduce a new section or topic within historical manuscripts. It is part of a set of Phags-Pa punctuation that includes other marks like the double head mark, and it appears in the Unicode Standard to preserve and encode this historic script for digital use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A874 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Phags-Pa Single Head Mark |
| Block | Phags-pa |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꡴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꡴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA1 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA874 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A874 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua874 |
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 Before |
| Script | Phags Pa |
| Script Extensions | Phags Pa |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |