# U+0CCD KANNADA SIGN VIRAMA

Kannada virama, also called halant, a mark that cancels a consonant's inherent vowel and is used to form conjunct consonants.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0CCD |
| Name | KANNADA SIGN VIRAMA |
| Block | [Kannada](https://unicodekit.com/block/kannada) |
| Script | Kannada |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `್` `್` |
| CSS | `\CCD` |
| JavaScript | `\u0CCD` |
| UTF-8 | E0 B3 8D |
| UTF-16 | 0CCD |

## Notes

- preferred name is halant

## Related characters

- [U+0CCC KANNADA VOWEL SIGN AU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CCC)
- [U+0CCB KANNADA VOWEL SIGN OO](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CCB)
- [U+0CCA KANNADA VOWEL SIGN O](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CCA)
- [U+0CC8 KANNADA VOWEL SIGN AI](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CC8)
- [U+0CC7 KANNADA VOWEL SIGN EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CC7)
- [U+0CC6 KANNADA VOWEL SIGN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CC6)
- [U+0CD5 KANNADA LENGTH MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CD5)
- [U+0CC4 KANNADA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CC4)
- [U+0CD6 KANNADA AI LENGTH MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CD6)
- [U+0CC3 KANNADA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CC3)
- [U+0CC2 KANNADA VOWEL SIGN UU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CC2)
- [U+0CC1 KANNADA VOWEL SIGN U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0CC1)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0CCD · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0CCD