What ꣎ means
It marks boundaries in Saurashtra writing. In traditional prose, ꣎ divides phrases, sentences, or sections. In poetry, it can pair with the double danda ꣏, which marks a larger division.
꣎ belongs to the wider Indic danda convention: similar punctuation appears in several scripts, each with its own characters.
The script has its own written history
The 1880 book Saurashtranadhi is among the earliest printed records of the Saurashtra script. A grammar from 1905 and a primer for learners from 1906 document it later. Modernized forms took shape in the 1880s, after earlier writing used more complex joined letters.
As of 2025, Unicode describes Tamil script as the most common way to write Saurashtra. Latin, Devanagari, and the native Saurashtra script also appear in its written history. A reader who knows the language through another script may not recognize ꣎. Using the native script can signal a choice to teach or preserve it.
How do I type Saurashtra danda?
Use an input method that supports the Saurashtra script. The options depend on your app and keyboard layout.
As of 2026, a box can mean the font or app cannot display the glyph; the stored character may still be ꣎.
Formal punctuation for Saurashtra writing; using the native script can foreground it in teaching or preservation.
Use it as Saurashtra punctuation, not as a generic separator.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA boundary between a phrase, sentence, or section.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꣎ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Saurashtra block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ꣎
- Also called
- Sourashtra danda · Sourashtri danda
- Search it as
- Saurashtra punctuation · Sourashtra punctuation · Saurashtra script punctuation · Saurashtra double danda · Devanagari danda · vertical bar
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
꣎\A8CEA8CE, then press Alt+X; GTK: press Ctrl+Shift+U, type a8ce, then press Enter./ or | to ꣎; press the same key twice for ꣏.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.