Mongolian suffix separator

A gap that is a character.

Also known as: Mongolian todo separator

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Meanings

The script marking the boundary before a grammatical suffix in Mongolian.

Historically documentedVerified fact
Separates a suffix from its stem without breaking the word into two.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Software
Historically documentedVerified fact
Encodes a grammatical boundary as a width of space, so the notation is a measured gap rather than a mark — one of very few characters anywhere whose whole substance is an absence of ink.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Software

Visual description

A narrow non-joining gap in the vertical stem line, wide enough to break the join but narrower than a word space.

Symmetry: none
Orientation: upright

Confidence

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

Sources

The world's writing systems and their notation
Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and comparable scholarly editions · retrieved 2026-08-27
Scholarly treatment of scripts not covered by a regional source already registered. Cited for the identity, structure and documented use of a script or a mark. Undeciphered and partly deciphered scripts are recorded as such, and a reading that is contested is stated as contested rather than adopted.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27

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Meanings

The script marking the boundary before a grammatical suffix in Mongolian.

Historically documentedVerified fact

Separates a suffix from its stem without breaking the word into two.

Contexts: Language and transcription, Software

Historically documentedVerified fact

Encodes a grammatical boundary as a width of space, so the notation is a measured gap rather than a mark — one of very few characters anywhere whose whole substance is an absence of ink.

Contexts: Language and transcription, Software

Confidence

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

Sources

The world's writing systems and their notation
Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and comparable scholarly editions · retrieved 2026-08-27
Scholarly treatment of scripts not covered by a regional source already registered. Cited for the identity, structure and documented use of a script or a mark. Undeciphered and partly deciphered scripts are recorded as such, and a reading that is contested is stated as contested rather than adopted.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27