U+0AAE "મ" Gujarati Letter Ma Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0AAE "મ" Gujarati Letter Ma is the representation of the consonant "ma" in the Gujarati script, which is used to write the Gujarati language primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat. This character corresponds to the bilabial nasal sound /m/ and is derived from the ancient Brahmi script, appearing as a distinct glyph with a rounded top and a horizontal bar in its standard form. As part of the Gujarati Unicode block, it serves as a fundamental building block for spelling and writing words in Gujarati, and when combined with vowel signs or other diacritics, it modifies its inherent vowel sound. The letter "મ" is common in everyday Gujarati text, appearing in words like "માતા" meaning mother and "મન" meaning mind, making it an essential character for accurate written communication in the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+0AAE
Version Added 1.1
Name Gujarati Letter Ma
Block Gujarati
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding મ
HTML Hex Encoding મ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xAA 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0AAE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000AAE
C/C++/Java Escape \u0aae

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 Gujarati
Script Extensions Gujarati
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
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