What ꩞ means
It marks a sentence break in Eastern Cham writing.
Cham writing is attested in Vietnam by the late 4th century.
The three marks belong to the wider danda tradition in scripts descended from Brahmi, an early South Asian writing system. The Cham script is used more in Eastern Cham communities; some Western Cham communities use Jawi, a script derived from Arabic.
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 AA5E, 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 “cham punctuation double danda”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType aa5e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꩞CSS
\AA5EUnicode hex input
In a Unicode hex input method, enter AA5E; availability depends on your operating system or app. A Cham-capable font is needed to display it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꩞
HTML hex
꩞
CSS content
content: "\AA5E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%A9%9E
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.