U+1030 "ူ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1030 "ူ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Uu is a combining diacritical mark used in the Myanmar (Burmese) script to represent the long vowel sound "u" as in the English word "moon." It is visually rendered as a curved or hooked sign placed below a consonant letter, indicating a change in pronunciation by adding a prolonged “-u” sound to the base character. In the broader Unicode standard, this character belongs to the Myanmar block and is essential for accurately writing numerous words in the Burmese, Mon, Shan, and related languages that utilize the Myanmar script. Various fonts and rendering engines must support this combining character to ensure proper positioning and legibility in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1030 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Myanmar Vowel Sign Uu |
| Block | Myanmar |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ူ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ူ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x80 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1030 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001030 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1030 |