# U+0D4D MALAYALAM SIGN VIRAMA

Malayalam virama, properly called candrakkala or vowel half-u, a mark that cancels a consonant's inherent vowel or forms conjuncts.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0D4D |
| Name | MALAYALAM SIGN VIRAMA |
| Also known as | candrakkala (the preferred name), vowel half-u |
| Block | [Malayalam](https://unicodekit.com/block/malayalam) |
| Script | Malayalam |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `്` `്` |
| CSS | `\D4D` |
| JavaScript | `\u0D4D` |
| UTF-8 | E0 B5 8D |
| UTF-16 | 0D4D |

## Related characters

- [U+0D4C MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN AU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D4C)
- ൎ [U+0D4E MALAYALAM LETTER DOT REPH](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D4E)
- [U+0D4B MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN OO](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D4B)
- ൏ [U+0D4F MALAYALAM SIGN PARA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D4F)
- [U+0D4A MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN O](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D4A)
- [U+0D48 MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN AI](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D48)
- [U+0D47 MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D47)
- [U+0D46 MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D46)
- ൔ [U+0D54 MALAYALAM LETTER CHILLU M](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D54)
- ൕ [U+0D55 MALAYALAM LETTER CHILLU Y](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D55)
- [U+0D44 MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D44)
- ൖ [U+0D56 MALAYALAM LETTER CHILLU LLL](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D56)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0D4D · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0D4D