What 𑬉 means
It is mīṇḍu, the round ending of a Jain benediction sign.
This sign developed within a wider manuscript convention. Recognizable bhale–mīṇḍu forms appear in western and central Indian inscriptions and Jain manuscripts by the 11th century. The blessing echoes the Sanskrit wish siddham—“may it be accomplished.”
In the longer formula, head and bhale marks can precede the ending, with paired vertical punctuation after it. Manuscript forms may omit or double the round ending.
When can mīṇḍu mean zero?
A 17th-century Jain cosmological manuscript uses it for zero.
That is a historical numerical use, separate from mīṇḍu’s usual place at the end of a benediction.
By the 17th century, siddham use had declined in northern Devanagari, and auspicious signs increasingly coalesced into ॐ, the sacred Sanskrit syllable Om. Western and central Jaina writing kept the bhale–mīṇḍu convention.
Formal Jain manuscript notation, with a benedictory tone in its usual bhale sequence.
Do not treat its round shape alone as proof that it is a numeral.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe full bhale–mīṇḍu mark serves as an auspicious benediction.
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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.
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- Also called
- mindu · mīṇḍu · bhale mīṇḍu
- Search it as
- Jain manuscript mark · Jain benediction sign · Jain zero
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𑬉\11B09Codes and encoding1 code points
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