U+0AC8 "ૈ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0AC8 "ૈ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to represent the vowel sound "ai," which is a diphthong similar to the "ai" in the English word "aisle." Written as a dependent sign, it is placed above a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel sound, transforming, for example, the consonant "ક" (ka) into "કૈ" (kai). This character is an essential part of the Gujarati abugida, playing a key role in accurately representing the phonetic structure of the Gujarati language in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AC8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Vowel Sign Ai |
| 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 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AC8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ac8 |