U+0ABE "ા" Gujarati Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0ABE "ા" Gujarati Vowel Sign Aa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to represent the long vowel sound "ā" (as in "father"). It is always attached to the right side of a consonant character, modifying its inherent vowel sound from a short "a" to a long "ā". This sign is an essential component of Gujarati orthography, appearing in many common words and functioning as a dependent vowel that cannot stand alone. Its correct placement and form are crucial for proper reading and writing in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0ABE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Vowel Sign Aa |
| Block | Gujarati |
| 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 0xAA 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0ABE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000ABE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0abe |