U+0BD7 "ௗ" Tamil Au Length Mark Unicode Character

U+0BD7 "ௗ" Tamil Au Length Mark is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tamil script to indicate a lengthened vowel sound, specifically the extended duration of the inherent "au" vowel that appears in certain phonetic contexts. It is distinct from the regular Tamil vowel markers and is primarily employed in precise transliteration or scholarly works to denote vowel length rather than being a standard part of everyday Tamil writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0BD7
Version Added	1.1
Name	Tamil Au Length Mark
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 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0BD7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000BD7
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0bd7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Maybe
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Maybe
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Combining Mark
Script	Tamil
Script Extensions	Tamil
Indic Syllabic Category	Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category	Right
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Other Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend