U+A8EE "꣮" Combining Devanagari Letter Pa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A8EE "꣮" Combining Devanagari Letter Pa is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to modify the sound of a base character by attaching above it, representing a consonantal element that typically corresponds to the Sanskrit consonant "pa" in a combined form. This combining character is part of the Devanagari Extended block and is often employed in scholarly or liturgical texts to denote a special phonetic or grammatical function, such as in the transcription of Vedic accents or in the representation of complex conjuncts where the standalone letter for "pa" is reduced to a superscript sign. Unlike regular Devanagari letters that stand alone, this mark is designed to visually merge with an existing character, allowing for precise encoding of historical or technical writing without breaking the continuous flow of the script.

General Properties

Code Point U+A8EE
Version Added 5.2
Name Combining Devanagari Letter Pa
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 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA8EE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A8EE
C/C++/Java Escape \ua8ee

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