U+0D02 "ം" Malayalam Sign Anusvara Unicode Character

U+0D02 "ം" Malayalam Sign Anusvara is a combining diacritical mark used in the Malayalam script to represent the anusvara, a nasalization symbol that typically indicates a homorganic nasal sound following a vowel or a consonant. It is placed above the character it modifies, often signifying that the preceding vowel or consonant should be pronounced with a nasal resonance, and it is commonly found in words of Sanskrit origin borrowed into Malayalam. This character is distinct from the independent vowel sign for anusvara in other Indic scripts and plays a key role in accurately representing phonetic nasalization in written Malayalam.