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𑃁

kaithi double danda

Kaithi Double Danda

In Kaithi writing, 𑃁 is the double danda—a punctuation mark made of two upright strokes that marks an ending or major division. It serves a role like Devanagari's ॥, but that belongs to a different script and is a separate character.

Text symbol

Search it as: dvidanda · dvi-danda · double danda · Kaithi punctuation · Kaithi danda · danda mark · Kaithi text separator
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𑃁 means

It marks a boundary in Kaithi text, not a word break.

Printed Kaithi uses the single and double danda to close phrases or sentences, mark line endings, and divide similar stretches. Manuscripts could run continuously, with inconsistent spacing between words, so punctuation made these divisions easier to see.

How does Kaithi punctuation fit the script's history?

Kaithi served a regional record-writing tradition.

Kaithi was used for legal, administrative, and private records in northern India; surviving documents trace the script to at least the sixteenth century. Its history connects with Devanagari, Gujarati, Bengali, and other northern Brahmic scripts.

Formal, script-specific punctuation; its meaning comes from where it appears in Kaithi text.

Use 𑃁 for Kaithi; ॥ is the distinct Devanagari double danda.

Don't confuse it with

॥

Devanagari Double Danda

Kaithi or Devanagari double danda? They do similar boundary work, but ॥ is Devanagari punctuation. Use the mark belonging to the script being written.

Questions people ask

Why 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 110C1, 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 “kaithi double danda”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 110c1, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𑃁

CSS

\110C1

how to type 𑃁

For repeated entry, use a Unicode Kaithi keyboard layout; the key depends on the layout.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𑃁

HTML hex

𑃁

CSS content

content: "\110C1";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%91%83%81

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Indian scripts3,440 symbols

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