U+0821 "ࠡ" Samaritan Vowel Sign Overlong A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0821 "ࠡ" Samaritan Vowel Sign Overlong A is a diacritical mark used in the Samaritan script, a writing system descended from the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet and still used today by the Samaritan community for liturgical purposes. This specific vowel sign is placed above or near a consonant to indicate a prolonged 'a' vowel sound, distinguishing it from shorter vowel variants in the Samaritan vowel system. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that the Samaritan script, which has a limited but culturally significant modern usage, can be accurately represented and digitally preserved for scholarly, religious, and historical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0821 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Samaritan Vowel Sign Overlong A |
| 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 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0821 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000821 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0821 |