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The upright that closes a line.
Also known as: Tibetan vertical bar
The Tibetan mark of a single vertical stroke closing a metrical line or a clause.
Closes a metrical line, a clause or a sentence in Tibetan text.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Descends from the Indic daṇḍa and does the same work, which is one of the clearest pieces of evidence that Tibetan punctuation was borrowed along with the script rather than developed locally.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Never written after a syllable ending in the letter ka or ga, whose own final stroke is held to serve as the shad — a rule that makes Tibetan punctuation conditional on the spelling of the word before it.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
A single full-height vertical stroke on the line, following the tsheg that ends the last syllable.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.