What 𑽃 means
It separates phrases, verses, or sections. Kawi grew from the earlier Pallava script; Java’s Plumpungan inscription, around 750 CE, is its earliest cited record. From the 8th–16th centuries, Kawi was used for Old Javanese, Sanskrit, Old Malay, Old Balinese, and Old Sundanese. It first served land grants and royal orders; literary styles later grew ornate. Kawi-derived scripts include Balinese, Batak, Javanese, and Lontara. In the 21st century, renewed interest brought Kawi into social posts in modern Javanese and Indonesian.
Traditional punctuation for Kawi writing.
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1Questions 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.
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How to type or find 𑽃
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- Kawi punctuation · single danda
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑽃\11F43Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.