U+0CC0 "ೀ" Kannada Vowel Sign Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0CC0 "ೀ" Kannada Vowel Sign Ii is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kannada script to represent the long vowel sound "ii" (often transliterated as ī). This vowel sign is applied to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel sound, creating a longer, more emphasized pronunciation distinct from the short "i" sign. Visually, it appears as a curved stroke above and to the right of the consonant character, and it is an essential component in accurately writing and reading Kannada, a Dravidian language predominantly spoken in the Indian state of Karnataka.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CC0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Vowel Sign Ii |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ಿ" U+0CBF Kannada Vowel Sign I "ೕ" U+0CD5 Kannada Length Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ೀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ೀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB3 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CC0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CC0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0cc0 |