U+0952 "" Devanagari Stress Sign Anudatta Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+0952 "" Devanagari Stress Sign Anudatta is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to indicate a specific type of low or depressed pitch accent in the recitation of Vedic Sanskrit. Placed below a character, this sign represents the anudatta accent, which is the lowest tone in the traditional three-tone Vedic system, contrasting with the udatta (high) and svarita (falling) accents. Its primary application is in scholarly and liturgical contexts to preserve the correct phonetic intonation of ancient sacred texts, thereby aiding accurate pronunciation and transmission of the Vedas.

General Properties

Code Point
U+0952
Name
Devanagari Stress Sign Anudatta

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
॒
HTML Hex Encoding
॒
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA5 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0952
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000952
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0952