U+AA5C "꩜" Cham Punctuation Spiral Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꩜
U+AA5C "꩜" Cham Punctuation Spiral is a distinctive diacritical mark used in the Cham script, primarily employed for writing the Cham language of Cambodia and Vietnam. This spiral shaped character functions as a punctuation symbol, often indicating a pause or serving as a decorative separator within text, much like a comma or a paragraph break in other writing systems. Its unique appearance reflects the aesthetic traditions of Cham culture, where such ornamental symbols are integrated into manuscripts and inscriptions to enhance readability and visual rhythm.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AA5C |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Cham Punctuation Spiral |
| Block | Cham |
| 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 0xA9 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAA5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AA5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaa5c |
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 | Cham |
| Script Extensions | Cham |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |