U+0D47 "േ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Ee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
േ
U+0D47 "േ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Ee is a combining diacritical mark used in the Malayalam script to represent the long vowel sound "ee" (as in the English word "see"). When applied to a base consonant letter, this sign appears as a distinct glyph, typically positioned above and to the left of the consonant, modifying its inherent vowel sound to create the elongated "ee" pronunciation. This character is essential for proper representation of the Malayalam language in digital text, enabling accurate spelling and phonetic rendering of words that require the long vowel form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D47 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Vowel Sign Ee |
| Block | Malayalam |
| 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 0xB5 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D47 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D47 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d47 |