U+A9DF "꧟" Javanese Pada Isen-Isen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꧟
U+A9DF "꧟" Javanese Pada Isen-Isen is a typographic punctuation mark used in the Javanese script, specifically employed to fill empty space at the beginning or end of a text column or line, functioning as a decorative filler. Unlike other pada punctuation that marks section breaks or poetic verses, isen-isen is purely ornamental, often appearing as a small, stylized star-like or flower-shaped glyph. It is part of the Javanese script block in Unicode, designed to preserve the traditional layout aesthetics of handwritten Javanese manuscripts, where such fillers prevent unsightly gaps in the text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A9DF |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Pada Isen-Isen |
| 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 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA9DF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A9DF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua9df |
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 |