What ၍ means
It connects parts of a Burmese expression. In literary Burmese, it is a compact written counterpart of conversational လို့.
The spelling trail reaches Pagan era writing: ရွေ့ was later written as ရုယ် before shortening to ၍. The same history links it with ၌, ၏ and ၎, other compact Burmese forms from older spellings.
It marks a formal, literary register.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Myanmar Symbol Locative
The same history links ၌ with ၍ as another compact sign developed from an older spelling.
Myanmar Symbol Genitive
It also links ၏ with ၍ as a compact form from an older Burmese spelling.
Myanmar Symbol Aforementioned
The same history groups ၎ with ၍ among forms shortened from older Burmese spellings.
Combination ideas
3“Please”; a polite request opener.
“Therefore”; it introduces a result.
“If”; it introduces a condition.
Questions 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 ၍
- Search it as
- Burmese ၍ meaning · Burmese connector · literary Burmese · Burmese polite request · ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ · သို့ဖြစ်၍ · အကယ်၍
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
၍CSS
\104DCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
၍
HTML hex
၍
CSS content
content: "\104D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%81%8D
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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.