U+10A01 "𐨁" Kharoshthi Vowel Sign I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐨁

U+10A01 "𐨁" Kharoshthi Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system employed primarily in the regions of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Central Asia from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This vowel sign represents the short vowel sound "i" and is placed after or attached to a consonant character to modify its pronunciation, functioning as an inherent part of the abugida writing system where consonants carry a default vowel unless explicitly altered. The character belongs to the Kharoshthi block of the Unicode standard, which was added to support historical and scholarly texts, aiding in the digital preservation and analysis of inscriptions and manuscripts from Buddhist and Indo-Greek civilizations.

General Properties

Code Point U+10A01
Version Added 4.1
Name Kharoshthi Vowel Sign I
Block Kharoshthi
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐨁
HTML Hex Encoding 𐨁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA8 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDE01
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010A01
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\ude01

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 Kharoshthi
Script Extensions Kharoshthi
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Overstruck
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