U+A8F8 "꣸" Devanagari Sign Pushpika Unicode Character

U+A8F8 "꣸" Devanagari Sign Pushpika is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to denote a floral or ornamental flower symbol, often employed as a punctuation or decorative element in manuscripts to indicate the end of a section, verse, or stanza. It functions similarly to a textual flower or leaf motif, serving both a grammatical and aesthetic purpose in Sanskrit and other languages written in Devanagari. This character is part of the Devanagari Extended block and is distinct from ordinary punctuation marks, appearing as a small petal like shape above or near the text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A8F8
Version Added	5.2
Name	Devanagari Sign Pushpika
Block	Devanagari Extended
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	꣸
HTML Hex Encoding	꣸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0xA3 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA8F8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A8F8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua8f8

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	Alphabetic
Script	Devanagari
Script Extensions	Devanagari
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other