Chandrabindu

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.

This article is about the diacritic. For the Bengali band, see Chandrabindoo (band).
ँ
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

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


Character information
Previewँꣲꣳऀ
Unicode name DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU DEVANAGARI SIGN SPACING CANDRABINDU DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU VIRAMA DEVANAGARI SIGN INVERTED CANDRABINDU
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode2305U+090143250U+A8F243251U+A8F32304U+0900
UTF-8224 164 129E0 A4 81234 163 178EA A3 B2234 163 179EA A3 B3224 164 128E0 A4 80
Numeric character referenceँँꣲꣲꣳꣳऀऀ
ISCII161A1
Character information
Previewਁੰಀಁఁఀ
Unicode name GURMUKHI SIGN ADAK BINDI GURMUKHI TIPPI KANNADA SIGN SPACING CANDRABINDU KANNADA SIGN CANDRABINDU TELUGU SIGN CANDRABINDU TELUGU SIGN COMBINING CANDRABINDU ABOVE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode2561U+0A012672U+0A703200U+0C803201U+0C813073U+0C013072U+0C00
UTF-8224 168 129E0 A8 81224 169 176E0 A9 B0224 178 128E0 B2 80224 178 129E0 B2 81224 176 129E0 B0 81224 176 128E0 B0 80
Numeric character referenceਁਁੰੰಀಀಁಁఁఁఀఀ
ISCII161A1161A1161A1
Character information
Previewঁଁഁઁ
Unicode name BENGALI SIGN CANDRABINDU ORIYA SIGN CANDRABINDU MALAYALAM SIGN CANDRABINDU GUJARATI SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode2433U+09812817U+0B013329U+0D012689U+0A81
UTF-8224 166 129E0 A6 81224 172 129E0 AC 81224 180 129E0 B4 81224 170 129E0 AA 81
Numeric character referenceঁঁଁଁഁഁઁઁ
ISCII161A1161A1161A1161A1


Character information
Preview
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Kushana𑀀
Gupta𑀀
𑖼𑌁𑼀
Unicode name BRAHMI SIGN CANDRABINDU SIDDHAM SIGN CANDRABINDU GRANTHA SIGN CANDRABINDU KAWI SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode69632U+1100071100U+115BC70401U+1130173472U+11F00
UTF-8240 145 128 128F0 91 80 80240 145 150 188F0 91 96 BC240 145 140 129F0 91 8C 81240 145 188 128F0 91 BC 80
UTF-1655300 56320D804 DC0055301 56764D805 DDBC55300 57089D804 DF0155303 57088D807 DF00
Numeric character reference𑀀𑀀𑖼𑖼𑌁𑌁𑼀𑼀


Character information
Previewྂྃꡳ𑑃𑰼𑇏
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
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode3970U+0F823971U+0F8343123U+A87370723U+1144372764U+11C3C70095U+111CF
UTF-8224 190 130E0 BE 82224 190 131E0 BE 83234 161 179EA A1 B3240 145 145 131F0 91 91 83240 145 176 188F0 91 B0 BC240 145 135 143F0 91 87 8F
UTF-1639700F8239710F8343123A87355301 56387D805 DC4355303 56380D807 DC3C55300 56783D804 DDCF
Numeric character referenceྂྂྃྃꡳꡳ𑑃𑑃𑰼𑰼𑇏𑇏


Character information
Preview
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode
UTF-8
Numeric character reference


Character information
Preview
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode
UTF-8
Numeric character reference


Character information
Previewඁ𑤼ꣅ
Unicode name SINHALA SIGN CANDRABINDU DIVES AKURU SIGN CANDRABINDU SAURASHTRA SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode3457U+0D8171996U+1193C43205U+A8C5
UTF-8224 182 129E0 B6 81240 145 164 188F0 91 A4 BC234 163 133EA A3 85
UTF-1634570D8155302 56636D806 DD3C43205A8C5
Numeric character referenceඁඁ𑤼𑤼ꣅꣅ


Character information
Preview𑂀
Unicode name KAITHI SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode69760U+11080
UTF-8240 145 130 128F0 91 82 80
UTF-1655300 56448D804 DC80
Numeric character reference𑂀𑂀


Character information
Preview𑒿𑲶
Unicode name TIRHUTA SIGN CANDRABINDU MARCHEN SIGN CANDRABINDU
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode70847U+114BF72886U+11CB6
UTF-8240 145 146 191F0 91 92 BF240 145 178 182F0 91 B2 B6
UTF-1655301 56511D805 DCBF55303 56502D807 DCB6
Numeric character reference𑒿𑒿𑲶𑲶



Character information
Previewꦀ
Unicode name JAVANESE SIGN PANYANGGA
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode43392U+A980
UTF-8234 166 128EA A6 80
Numeric character referenceꦀꦀ



Character information
Previewᬁᬀᰴᰵ𑨵𑨶𑨷̐
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
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode6913U+1B016912U+1B007220U+1C347221U+1C3572245U+11A3572246U+11A3672247U+11A37784U+0310
UTF-8225 172 129E1 AC 81225 172 128E1 AC 80225 176 180E1 B0 B4225 176 181E1 B0 B5240 145 168 181F0 91 A8 B5240 145 168 182F0 91 A8 B6240 145 168 183F0 91 A8 B7204 144CC 90
UTF-1669131B0169121B0072201C3472211C3555302 56885D806 DE3555302 56886D806 DE3655302 56887D806 DE377840310
Numeric character referenceᬁᬁᬀᬀᰴᰴᰵᰵ𑨵𑨵𑨶𑨶𑨷𑨷̐̐

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

See also

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


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