U+0910 "ऐ" Devanagari Letter Ai Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0910 "ऐ" Devanagari Letter Ai is a vowel symbol used in the Devanagari script, which is employed for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. It represents the diphthong sound /əi/ or /ɛː/, similar to the vowel in the English word "air" or "say," depending on regional pronunciation. This character is classified as a vowel sign that can stand alone as a full letter or combine with consonants through a diacritical mark known as a matra, specifically the sign "ै" (U+0948) placed above a consonant to modify its sound. In the Unicode standard, "ऐ" belongs to the Devanagari block and is used as a distinct character in the orthography to denote this particular vowel sound, playing an essential role in the phonetic representation of words across multiple South Asian languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+0910
Version Added 1.1
Name Devanagari Letter Ai
Block Devanagari
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ऐ
HTML Hex Encoding ऐ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA4 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0910
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000910
C/C++/Java Escape \u0910

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Devanagari
Script Extensions Devanagari
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter