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A mark opening a text or section.
Also known as: Mongolian head mark, Mongolian text opener
In the Mongolian script the birga is a mark opening a text, a chapter or a verse, written at the head of the vertical column it introduces.
Opens a text, chapter or verse in Mongolian script.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Sits at the head of a vertical column, Mongolian being written in vertical lines running left to right across the page — the opposite direction from Chinese vertical writing.
Contexts: Language and transcription
An ornamental hooked mark placed at the top of the vertical column of text it opens.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.