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A mark showing a consonant carries no vowel.
Also known as: Dhivehi sukun, Thaana vowel absence mark
In the Thaana script of the Maldives the sukun marks a consonant as carrying no vowel, in a script where every consonant must take either a vowel mark or this one.
Marks a Thaana consonant as carrying no vowel.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Is obligatory rather than optional: Thaana requires every consonant to carry either a vowel mark or the sukun, unlike Arabic where vowel marking is usually omitted.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small circle or hook placed above the Thaana consonant letter it modifies.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.