U+11010 "𑀐" Brahmi Letter Ai Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+11010 "𑀐" Brahmi Letter Ai is a historical script character representing a vowel sound from the Brahmi abugida, one of the earliest writing systems used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE. This specific character denotes the long vowel "ai" and is part of the Brahmi block in Unicode, which was added to preserve and encode ancient Indic scripts for digital use. The Brahmi script is considered the ancestor of many modern South and Southeast Asian writing systems, making this character significant for scholars studying epigraphy, historical linguistics, and the evolution of writing in the region.

General Properties

Code Point U+11010
Version Added 6.0
Name Brahmi Letter Ai
Block Brahmi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑀐
HTML Hex Encoding 𑀐
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x80 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDC10
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011010
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udc10

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 Aksara
Script Brahmi
Script Extensions Brahmi
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter