U+A8FA "꣺" Devanagari Caret Unicode Character

U+A8FA "꣺" Devanagari Caret is a specialized diacritical mark within the Devanagari script block, used primarily in the orthography of the Santali language to indicate a specific tonal or phonetic modification. Unlike common Devanagari vowel signs or modifiers, this caret shaped glyph appears above a character to denote a falling tone or a particular intonation pattern, helping to distinguish word meanings that would otherwise be ambiguous. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text processing and rendering for languages like Santali can accurately represent this essential linguistic feature, supporting proper written communication in contexts where tone is phonemic.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A8FA
Version Added	5.2
Name	Devanagari Caret
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 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA8FA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A8FA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua8fa

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