U+093B "ऻ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Ooe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+093B "ऻ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Ooe is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to represent the long vowel sound "Oo" similar to the vowel in "boot." It is placed as a modifying sign above and to the right of a consonant character to denote a specific phonetic value distinct from the standard short "u" or other vowel signs. This character is part of the Devanagari Unicode block and is employed in languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit for accurate transliteration and pronunciation, though it is relatively rare in modern everyday text. Its usage ensures precise representation of vowel length and quality in written forms, supporting the script's comprehensive phonetic system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+093B |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Devanagari Vowel Sign Ooe |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ऻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ऻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x093B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000093B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u093b |