U+081F "ࠟ" Samaritan Vowel Sign Long Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+081F "ࠟ" Samaritan Vowel Sign Long Aa is a diacritical mark used in the Samaritan script, an ancient alphabet descended from Paleo-Hebrew and employed primarily for liturgical purposes by the Samaritan community. This specific sign indicates the long "aa" vowel sound, modifying the consonant to which it is attached in written Samaritan texts. It belongs to the Samaritan block of Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2009 to support the encoding of this historic writing system. In practice, the sign appears as a small mark placed above or within a letter, helping to preserve the traditional pronunciation and chanting of the Samaritan Pentateuch.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+081F |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Samaritan Vowel Sign Long Aa |
| Block | Samaritan |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࠟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࠟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA0 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x081F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000081F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u081f |