U+A9DE "꧞" Javanese Pada Tirta Tumetes Unicode Character

U+A9DE "꧞" Javanese Pada Tirta Tumetes is a specifically sacred punctuation mark used in traditional Javanese script, often employed to introduce a religious or instructional verse, particularly from the Quran or other didactic texts. Its name translates roughly to "holy water droplets," symbolizing purification or the blessing of knowledge as it demarcates a shift into sacred content. This character functions as a distinct opening marker, setting apart the following text as spiritually significant or authoritative within Javanese literary and manuscript traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A9DE
Version Added	5.2
Name	Javanese Pada Tirta Tumetes
Block	Javanese
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 0xA7 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA9DE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A9DE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua9de

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