U+0B4C "ୌ" Oriya Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B4C "ୌ" Oriya Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Oriya script, which is employed to write the Odia language of eastern India. This vowel sign modifies a consonant character by adding the "au" vowel sound, and it is typically written to the left and above the consonant it is attached to, following the unique visual conventions of Oriya orthography. As part of the Unicode standard, this character ensures that digital text can correctly represent the phonetic and typographic requirements of the Odia language, preserving its distinct script and sound system in modern electronic communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B4C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Vowel Sign Au |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "େ" U+0B47 Oriya Vowel Sign E "ୗ" U+0B57 Oriya Au Length Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ୌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ୌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAD 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B4C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b4c |