U+0AC2 "ૂ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ૂ
U+0AC2 "ૂ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Uu is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to represent the long vowel sound [uː]. It appears as a curved sign placed above the consonant it modifies, transforming the inherent short vowel 'a' of the consonant into a long 'uu' sound. This character is integral to writing Gujarati, where it distinguishes meaning and pronunciation in words like "પૂ" (puu) and is typically found in the vowel table of the script following the short vowel sign "ુ" (U+0AC1).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AC2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Vowel Sign Uu |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ૂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ૂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAB 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AC2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ac2 |