U+1073 "ၳ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Kayah U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1073 "ၳ" Myanmar Vowel Sign Kayah U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kayah script, which is a Karenic language spoken primarily in Myanmar and Thailand. This specific vowel sign represents the sound /u/ and is placed above the consonant or other vowel signs it modifies, altering the inherent vowel of the syllable. It is part of a larger block of Myanmar extensions in Unicode, designed to accommodate the diverse scripts of the region, and its correct rendering relies on proper font support and text processing to ensure the diacritic combines accurately with its base character in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1073 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Myanmar Vowel Sign Kayah U |
| 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 0x81 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1073 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001073 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1073 |