U+0CBE "ಾ" Kannada Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಾ
U+0CBE "ಾ" Kannada Vowel Sign Aa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kannada script to represent the long vowel sound "ā" (as in "father") when attached to a consonant base. It appears as a distinct rightward curving stroke placed after the consonant character, modifying its inherent short vowel "a" to the longer sound and functioning as a critical component in writing Kannada words and names correctly. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard within the Kannada block (U+0C80 to U+0CFF) and is essential for proper representation of the Kannada language in digital text, enabling typed communication that accurately reflects the script's phonetic requirements.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CBE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Vowel Sign Aa |
| Block | Kannada |
| 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 0xB2 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CBE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CBE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0cbe |