U+102C "ာ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+102C "ာ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Aa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Myanmar (Burmese) script to represent the long vowel sound "aː," similar to the "a" in the English word "father." It is written as a dependent vowel sign that attaches to the bottom or right side of a consonant base character, altering its inherent vowel from a short "a" to a long "aa." This character is essential for accurate pronunciation and spelling in the Burmese language, as well as in other languages that utilize the Myanmar script, such as Mon and Shan.

General Properties

Code Point U+102C
Version Added 3.0
Name Myanmar Vowel Sign Aa
Block Myanmar
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ာ
HTML Hex Encoding ာ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x80 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x102C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000102C
C/C++/Java Escape \u102c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Myanmar
Script Extensions Myanmar
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Right
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend