U+0D4C "ൌ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ൌ
U+0D4C "ൌ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Malayalam script to represent the vowel sound "au," which functions as a dependent vowel sign that attaches to a consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel. It appears as a curved, hook-like symbol extending from the top right of a consonant character, such as in the syllable "കൌ" (kau), and is distinct from the independent vowel form for "au" which has its own separate Unicode code point. In modern Malayalam writing, this sign is essential for accurately spelling loanwords and specific native terms that require the diphthong sound, and it follows the consonant in logical order when encoded in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D4C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Vowel Sign Au |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "െ" U+0D46 Malayalam Vowel Sign E "ൗ" U+0D57 Malayalam Au Length Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D4C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d4c |