U+0D42 "ൂ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ൂ
U+0D42 "ൂ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Uu is a combining diacritical mark used in the Malayalam script to represent the long vowel sound /uː/, which is the extended form of the short vowel sign "ു". It appears as a distinct curved mark attached to the top of a consonant letter, modifying its inherent vowel to the long 'uu' sound, and is an essential component for accurate spelling and pronunciation in the Malayalam language, particularly in words where vowel length distinguishes meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D42 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Vowel Sign Uu |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D42 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d42 |