Chandrabindu

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Chandrabindu (IAST: candrabindu, lit.'moon dot' in Sanskrit) is a diacritic sign with the form of a dot inside the lower half of a circle. It is used in the Devanagari (ँ), Bengali-Assamese (), Gujarati (ઁ), Odia (ଁ), Telugu (ఁ), Javanese ( ꦀ) and other scripts.

Chandrabindu

It usually means that the previous vowel is nasalized.

In Hindi, it is replaced in writing by anusvara when it is written above a consonant that carries a vowel symbol that extends above the top line.

In Classical Sanskrit, it seems to occur only over a lla conjunct consonant, to show that it is pronounced as a nasalized double l, which occurs if -nl- have become assimilated in sandhi.

In Vedic Sanskrit, it is used instead of anusvara to represent the sound anunasika when the next word starts with a vowel. It usually occurs where in earlier times a word ended in -ans.

Unicode edit

Unicode encodes chandrabindu and chandrabindu-like characters for a variety of scripts:[1]


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Unicode name DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU DEVANAGARI SIGN SPACING CANDRABINDU DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU VIRAMA DEVANAGARI SIGN INVERTED CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 2305 U+0901 43250 U+A8F2 43251 U+A8F3 2304 U+0900
UTF-8 224 164 129 E0 A4 81 234 163 178 EA A3 B2 234 163 179 EA A3 B3 224 164 128 E0 A4 80
Numeric character reference ँ ँ ꣲ ꣲ ꣳ ꣳ ऀ ऀ
ISCII 161 A1
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Unicode name GURMUKHI SIGN ADAK BINDI GURMUKHI TIPPI KANNADA SIGN SPACING CANDRABINDU KANNADA SIGN CANDRABINDU TELUGU SIGN CANDRABINDU TELUGU SIGN COMBINING CANDRABINDU ABOVE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 2561 U+0A01 2672 U+0A70 3200 U+0C80 3201 U+0C81 3073 U+0C01 3072 U+0C00
UTF-8 224 168 129 E0 A8 81 224 169 176 E0 A9 B0 224 178 128 E0 B2 80 224 178 129 E0 B2 81 224 176 129 E0 B0 81 224 176 128 E0 B0 80
Numeric character reference ਁ ਁ ੰ ੰ ಀ ಀ ಁ ಁ ఁ ఁ ఀ ఀ
ISCII 161 A1 161 A1 161 A1
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Unicode name BENGALI SIGN CANDRABINDU ORIYA SIGN CANDRABINDU MALAYALAM SIGN CANDRABINDU GUJARATI SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 2433 U+0981 2817 U+0B01 3329 U+0D01 2689 U+0A81
UTF-8 224 166 129 E0 A6 81 224 172 129 E0 AC 81 224 180 129 E0 B4 81 224 170 129 E0 AA 81
Numeric character reference ঁ ঁ ଁ ଁ ഁ ഁ ઁ ઁ
ISCII 161 A1 161 A1 161 A1 161 A1


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Ashoka𑀀
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Gupta𑀀
𑖼 𑌁 𑼀
Unicode name BRAHMI SIGN CANDRABINDU SIDDHAM SIGN CANDRABINDU GRANTHA SIGN CANDRABINDU KAWI SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 69632 U+11000 71100 U+115BC 70401 U+11301 73472 U+11F00
UTF-8 240 145 128 128 F0 91 80 80 240 145 150 188 F0 91 96 BC 240 145 140 129 F0 91 8C 81 240 145 188 128 F0 91 BC 80
UTF-16 55300 56320 D804 DC00 55301 56764 D805 DDBC 55300 57089 D804 DF01 55303 57088 D807 DF00
Numeric character reference 𑀀 𑀀 𑖼 𑖼 𑌁 𑌁 𑼀 𑼀


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Unicode name TIBETAN SIGN NYI ZLA NAA DA TIBETAN SIGN SNA LDAN PHAGS-PA LETTER CANDRABINDU NEWA SIGN CANDRABINDU BHAIKSUKI SIGN CANDRABINDU SHARADA SIGN INVERTED CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 3970 U+0F82 3971 U+0F83 43123 U+A873 70723 U+11443 72764 U+11C3C 70095 U+111CF
UTF-8 224 190 130 E0 BE 82 224 190 131 E0 BE 83 234 161 179 EA A1 B3 240 145 145 131 F0 91 91 83 240 145 176 188 F0 91 B0 BC 240 145 135 143 F0 91 87 8F
UTF-16 3970 0F82 3971 0F83 43123 A873 55301 56387 D805 DC43 55303 56380 D807 DC3C 55300 56783 D804 DDCF
Numeric character reference ྂ ྂ ྃ ྃ ꡳ ꡳ 𑑃 𑑃 𑰼 𑰼 𑇏 𑇏


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Encodings decimal hex
Unicode
UTF-8
Numeric character reference


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Encodings decimal hex
Unicode
UTF-8
Numeric character reference


Character information
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Unicode name SINHALA SIGN CANDRABINDU DIVES AKURU SIGN CANDRABINDU SAURASHTRA SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 3457 U+0D81 71996 U+1193C 43205 U+A8C5
UTF-8 224 182 129 E0 B6 81 240 145 164 188 F0 91 A4 BC 234 163 133 EA A3 85
UTF-16 3457 0D81 55302 56636 D806 DD3C 43205 A8C5
Numeric character reference ඁ ඁ 𑤼 𑤼 ꣅ ꣅ


Character information
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Unicode name KAITHI SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 69760 U+11080
UTF-8 240 145 130 128 F0 91 82 80
UTF-16 55300 56448 D804 DC80
Numeric character reference 𑂀 𑂀


Character information
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Unicode name TIRHUTA SIGN CANDRABINDU MARCHEN SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 70847 U+114BF 72886 U+11CB6
UTF-8 240 145 146 191 F0 91 92 BF 240 145 178 182 F0 91 B2 B6
UTF-16 55301 56511 D805 DCBF 55303 56502 D807 DCB6
Numeric character reference 𑒿 𑒿 𑲶 𑲶



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Unicode name JAVANESE SIGN PANYANGGA
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 43392 U+A980
UTF-8 234 166 128 EA A6 80
Numeric character reference ꦀ ꦀ




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Unicode name BALINESE SIGN ULU CANDRA BALINESE SIGN ULU RICEM LEPCHA CONSONANT SIGN NYIN-DO LEPCHA CONSONANT SIGN KANG ZANABAZAR SQUARE SIGN CANDRABINDU ZANABAZAR SQUARE SIGN CANDRABINDU WITH ORNAMENT ZANABAZAR SQUARE SIGN CANDRA WITH ORNAMENT COMBINING CANDRABINDU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 6913 U+1B01 6912 U+1B00 7220 U+1C34 7221 U+1C35 72245 U+11A35 72246 U+11A36 72247 U+11A37 784 U+0310
UTF-8 225 172 129 E1 AC 81 225 172 128 E1 AC 80 225 176 180 E1 B0 B4 225 176 181 E1 B0 B5 240 145 168 181 F0 91 A8 B5 240 145 168 182 F0 91 A8 B6 240 145 168 183 F0 91 A8 B7 204 144 CC 90
UTF-16 6913 1B01 6912 1B00 7220 1C34 7221 1C35 55302 56885 D806 DE35 55302 56886 D806 DE36 55302 56887 D806 DE37 784 0310
Numeric character reference ᬁ ᬁ ᬀ ᬀ ᰴ ᰴ ᰵ ᰵ 𑨵 𑨵 𑨶 𑨶 𑨷 𑨷 ̐ ̐

The COMBINING CANDRABINDU (U+0310), is a general-purpose combining diacritical mark intended for use with Latin letters in transliteration of Indic languages.

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  1. ^ "Unicode Data 13.0.0". Retrieved 2020-03-15.