U+0BC2 "ூ" Tamil Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0BC2 "ூ" Tamil Vowel Sign Uu is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tamil abugida to represent the long vowel sound "Uu" (as in "boot"). It visually appears as a curved loop or hook above the consonant letter it modifies, extending the inherent short vowel "u" to a longer duration. This character belongs to the Tamil script block and is strictly classified as a combining mark, meaning it must be typed after a base Tamil consonant character, such as க (ka), to form a complex syllable like கூ (kuu). Proper font support is required to ensure the diacritic correctly positions above the base letter, as its rendering is essential for accurate reading and writing in Tamil.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BC2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Vowel Sign Uu |
| Block | Tamil |
| 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 0xAF 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BC2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0bc2 |