U+07A8 "ި" Thaana Ibifili Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07A8 "ި" Thaana Ibifili is a combining diacritical mark used in the Thaana script, which is the writing system for the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives. This specific glyph, known as the Ibifili, represents the short vowel sound "i" and is positioned above a base consonant letter to modify its pronunciation. It is an essential component of Thaana orthography, enabling the accurate representation of vowel qualities in written Dhivehi, and is part of the larger Unicode block dedicated to the Thaana script, supporting the linguistic and cultural preservation of the Maldivian language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07A8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Ibifili |
| 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 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07a8 |