What 𑁊 means
It separates smaller textual units in Brahmi writing.
Emperor Ashoka's edicts, among India's oldest lengthy inscriptions, date to the third century BCE. Early Brahmi shows little punctuation; later manuscripts show a fuller punctuation system.
Other Brahmi marks divide clauses or verses, or larger sections; 𑁊 marks smaller units.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 𑁊 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 𑁊
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1104A, then Alt+X to get 𑁊.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “brahmi punctuation double dot”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1104a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𑁊CSS
\1104AMac Brahmi layout
On the published Mac layout, press Shift+[;]; this shortcut is layout-specific.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𑁊
HTML hex
𑁊
CSS content
content: "\1104A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%91%81%8A
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.