U+1CEC "" Vedic Sign Anusvara Vamagomukha with Tail Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Devanagari Source: Browser Default

U+1CEC "" Vedic Sign Anusvara Vamagomukha with Tail is a diacritical mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit tradition to denote a specific phonetic variant of the anusvara, or nasalization, that occurs in the recitation of the Samaveda and other ancient texts. Its name, Vamagomukha, meaning "left-facing cow face," describes its distinctive visual form in certain scripts, and the "tail" refers to a curved extension on its right side. This sign guides the precise pronunciation of nasal sounds in a particular textual environment, contributing to the meticulous oral preservation of Vedic hymns.

General Properties

Code Point
U+1CEC
Name
Vedic Sign Anusvara Vamagomukha with Tail

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ᳬ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᳬ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xB3 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1CEC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001CEC
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1cec