U+A8F9 "꣹" Devanagari Gap Filler Unicode Character

U+A8F9 "꣹" Devanagari Gap Filler is a specialized punctuation mark used in the Devanagari script to indicate a deliberate gap or empty space within a line of text, primarily found in historical manuscripts and scholarly editions. Unlike a regular space, this character serves as a typographic marker to signify a missing or intentionally omitted portion of text, often where content was lost due to damage or where a scribe left a blank for later filling. It belongs to the Devanagari Extended block and helps preserve the original layout and intended spacing of ancient documents in digital representations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A8F9
Version Added	5.2
Name	Devanagari Gap Filler
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 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA8F9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A8F9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua8f9

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