U+A8FB "ꣻ" Devanagari Headstroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꣻ
U+A8FB "ꣻ" Devanagari Headstroke is a specialized punctuation mark used in the Devanagari script, primarily within the context of historical or liturgical manuscripts. It functions as an ornamental or structural mark placed above characters, often indicating a headstroke or a decorative top line that is distinct from the usual horizontal headstroke (shirorekha) found in standard Devanagari text. This character is encoded in the Devanagari Extended block of Unicode, serving as a typographic element for precise representation of ancient or calligraphic writing where such a marker is required for accurate transcription or scholarly study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A8FB |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Devanagari Headstroke |
| Block | Devanagari Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꣻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꣻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA3 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA8FB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A8FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua8fb |