U+A8F4 "ꣴ" Devanagari Sign Double Candrabindu Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A8F4 "ꣴ" Devanagari Sign Double Candrabindu Virama is a complex diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to represent a nasalized vowel sound followed by the suppression of the inherent vowel and the formation of a conjunct consonant. It combines the visual features of a double candrabindu, which typically indicates nasalization, with the virama, a horizontal stroke below that removes the vowel stop. This character is primarily employed in scholarly transliterations and liturgical texts for Sanskrit and related languages, allowing precise phonetic representation of nasality and consonant clustering within a single glyph. Its usage facilitates accurate articulation in recitation and preserves the metric and rhythmic structures of ancient verses.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꣴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꣴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0xA3 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA8F4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A8F4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua8f4 |
Unicode Properties