U+1103B "𑀻" Brahmi Vowel Sign Ii Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑀻

U+1103B "𑀻" Brahmi Vowel Sign Ii is a combining diacritical mark used in the Brahmi script, an ancient writing system of South Asia, to represent the long vowel sound "ii." This vowel sign is visually rendered as an extended horizontal stroke or a modified curve attached above or to the right of a consonant character, modifying its inherent vowel to a longer counterpart. As part of the Brahmi block in Unicode, this character is utilized in scholarly and digital contexts for the accurate transcription and preservation of historical texts, including inscriptions and manuscripts from early Indian languages such as Prakrit and Sanskrit. Its encoding supports modern linguistic research, digital typography, and the revival of interest in ancient scripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1103B
Version Added	6.0
Name	Brahmi Vowel Sign Ii
Block	Brahmi
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𑀻
HTML Hex Encoding	𑀻
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x91 0x80 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD804 0xDC3B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001103B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud804\udc3b

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	Brahmi
Script Extensions	Brahmi
Indic Syllabic Category	Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category	Top
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