U+1CF5 "ᳵ" Vedic Sign Jihvamuliya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1CF5 "ᳵ" Vedic Sign Jihvamuliya is a diacritical mark used in the notation of ancient Sanskrit texts, specifically within the Rigvedic tradition, to indicate a voiceless velar fricative sound that occurs as a positional variant of the visarga before the velar consonants /k/ and /kh/. This sign forms part of a specialized set of phonetic markers employed in Vedic accents and recitation practices, helping to preserve the precise pronunciation of sacred hymns.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1CF5
Name
Vedic Sign Jihvamuliya
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᳵ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᳵ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xB3 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1CF5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001CF5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1cf5
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bengali