U+0FB0 "ྰ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter -A Unicode Character

U+0FB0 "ྰ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter -A is a modifier mark used in the Tibetan script to represent a subjoined form of the vowel "a" attached to a base consonant. This character appears as a small, curved diacritic placed beneath a consonant letter to indicate that the inherent "a" vowel is present and pronounced, distinguishing it from other subjoined vowel signs that modify the default sound. In Tibetan orthography, it functions as a structural element for rendering correct syllable formation, particularly in classical texts and religious manuscripts where precise vowel representation is important.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0FB0
Version Added	3.0
Name	Tibetan Subjoined Letter -A
Block	Tibetan
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ྰ
HTML Hex Encoding	ྰ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xBE 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0FB0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000FB0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0fb0

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Tibetan
Script Extensions	Tibetan
Indic Syllabic Category	Consonant Subjoined
Indic Positional Category	Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend