U+07A7 "ާ" Thaana Aabaafili Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07A7 "ާ" Thaana Aabaafili is a combining diacritical mark used in the Thaana script, which is the writing system for the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives. It represents the long vowel sound /aː/, functioning as a vowel sign that attaches to a base consonant letter to form a syllable. As part of the Thaana block in Unicode, it is essential for accurately writing Dhivehi words that require extended vowel pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07A7 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Aabaafili |
| Block | Thaana |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ާ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ާ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDE 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07A7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007A7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07a7 |