U+0A8D "ઍ" Gujarati Vowel Candra E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ઍ
U+0A8D "ઍ" Gujarati Vowel Candra E is a dedicated code point for a specific vowel symbol used in the Gujarati script, representing the sound of the short 'e' vowel, often found in words from Sanskrit or other loan languages. It is classified as a vowel sign, meaning it typically appears as a diacritic mark attached to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel sound. This character is part of the Gujarati block in the Unicode Standard, encoded at the hexadecimal value U+0A8D, and is distinct from the more common Gujarati vowel E, with Candra E being less frequent in modern usage but important for accurate phonetic transcription and scholarly text representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A8D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Vowel Candra E |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ઍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ઍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A8D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a8d |