U+0AFD "" Gujarati Sign Three-Dot Nukta Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Gujarati Source: Browser Default

U+0AFD "" Gujarati Sign Three-Dot Nukta Above is a diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to modify the sound of a base consonant, typically indicating a borrowed or foreign phonetic influence not native to standard Gujarati. It consists of three distinct dots arranged in a triangular or horizontal pattern placed above a character, functioning similarly to a nukta but with a specific triple-dot form. This sign is part of the Unicode standard to support precise representation of Gujarati text in digital environments, particularly for transliterating words from other languages or for scholarly and religious transcriptions.

General Properties

Code Point
U+0AFD
Name
Gujarati Sign Three-Dot Nukta Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
૽
HTML Hex Encoding
૽
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAB 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0AFD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000AFD
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0afd