U+0AC9 "ૉ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Candra O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ૉ
U+0AC9 "ૉ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Candra O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to modify a consonant character and represent the vowel sound "O" with a shorter or more open quality, often associated with the chandrabindu or "candra" diacritic that appears above the consonant. It is typically employed in transliterating or representing specific phonetic distinctions in Gujarati orthography, particularly in words derived from Sanskrit or other languages, and it attaches to the consonant's top line to indicate the adjusted vowel pronunciation without forming a standalone letter.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AC9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Vowel Sign Candra O |
| 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 0xAB 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AC9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AC9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ac9 |