U+1032 "ဲ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1032 "ဲ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Myanmar script to represent the vowel sound "ai" in words like "နဲ" or "ကဲ". It is placed above the preceding consonant character to modify its pronunciation, forming an open mid front diphthong. This vowel sign is part of the Myanmar block in Unicode and is essential for accurately writing the Burmese language, particularly in differentiating lexical meanings where vowel length and quality are phonemic.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1032 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Myanmar Vowel Sign Ai |
| 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 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1032 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001032 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1032 |