What ꧊ means
It divides Javanese text or marks off a passage.
Alone, ꧊ can divide running Javanese text. A matched pair, ꧊…꧊, can enclose a quotation or aside, or mark a phrase for emphasis.
A 1924 alphabet discussion describes this punctuation family, while manuscripts show the wider Javanese pada system. The date is a documented reference, not the mark's origin date.
How do you type ꧊?
A Javanese keyboard layout can provide it directly.
On the Nulisa Aksara Jawa layout, \ produces ꧊ and | produces ꧋, keeping the simple and doubled marks distinct.
A formal punctuation mark for structuring Javanese text.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA divider within running text.
Don't confuse it with
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1Why does ꧊ show as a box?
Font support may be missing. As of 2026, Microsoft's Javanese rendering guidance warns that an unsupported glyph can appear as a white box and that applications may handle Javanese language tags differently. Use a font with Javanese coverage.
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How to type or find ꧊
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- quote · bracket · divider · punctuation · parenthesis · quotation · emphasis · separator
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
꧊\A9CA\ in this layout for ꧊; | produces the doubled mark ꧋.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.