What ୰ means
Before a name, it means “the late.”
Inscriptional records show the broader Odia script by the tenth century; fourteenth-century records show more developed forms. Those dates describe the script, not this sign's first use.
The related Bengali sign has both deity and deceased-name readings; Odia ୰ marks deceased names.
A formal memorial marker placed before a deceased person's name.
Before a living person's name, it can falsely imply they have died.
Drift: As of 2026, English usage favors “Odia”; Unicode retains “Oriya” in this fixed character name.
Don't confuse it with
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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
- oriya isshar · deceased name marker · odia memorial sign · ishwar sign · ishvar sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
୰\0B70Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.