U+0C81 "ಁ" Kannada Sign Candrabindu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0C81 "ಁ" Kannada Sign Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the Kannada script to indicate the nasalization of a vowel, specifically denoting a nasalized schwa or similar sound. It appears as a dot with a small crescent above it, placing above the vowel character to modify its pronunciation. This sign is part of the Kannada block in Unicode and is employed in scholarly transliterations and certain linguistic contexts to represent Vedic or phonetic nuances, though it is less common in standard modern Kannada writing.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0C81
Name
Kannada Sign Candrabindu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ಁ
HTML Hex Encoding
ಁ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xB2 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0C81
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000C81
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0c81
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Kannada