U+0AC5 "ૅ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Candra E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0AC5 "ૅ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Candra E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to modify the inherent vowel of a consonant, specifically representing a short 'e' sound that resembles a moon or candra shape above the character. This vowel sign is typically applied to the consonant ક (ka) to form the syllable કૅ (ke), with the candra diacritic appearing as a small crescent above the base letter. Unlike the longer vowel sign for 'e', the candra e indicates a shortened or more clipped vocalization, playing a crucial role in accurately representing the phonetic nuances of Gujarati in written text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AC5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Vowel Sign Candra E |
| 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 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AC5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AC5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ac5 |