U+A8ED "꣭" Combining Devanagari Letter Na Unicode Character

U+A8ED "꣭" Combining Devanagari Letter Na is a diacritical mark used within the Devanagari script, primarily for transcribing Sanskrit and other languages in specialized or historical contexts. Unlike standard consonant letters that stand independently, this combining character attaches to a base consonant or vowel to modify its sound, typically representing the nasal "na" sound in compound syllables or phonetic combinations. It appears in the Unicode block for Devanagari Extended, which supports additional characters needed for accurate representation of Vedic texts and scholarly transcriptions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A8ED
Version Added	5.2
Name	Combining Devanagari Letter Na
Block	Devanagari Extended
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Above
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	꣭
HTML Hex Encoding	꣭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0xA3 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA8ED
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A8ED
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua8ed

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Devanagari
Script Extensions	Devanagari
Indic Syllabic Category	Cantillation Mark
Indic Positional Category	Top
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend