U+1103D "ð‘€½" Brahmi Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1103D "ð‘€½" Brahmi Vowel Sign Uu is a diacritical mark used in the Brahmi script, an ancient writing system of South Asia, to represent the long vowel sound "uu" or "Å«". This vowel sign is attached to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, indicating a prolonged or stressed pronunciation of the "u" sound. The Brahmi script, from which many modern Indic scripts are derived, was historically employed for writing early Prakrit, Sanskrit, and other languages, making this character significant for scholars studying ancient inscriptions and texts. As part of the Unicode Brahmi block, it enables accurate digital representation and preservation of historical linguistic records.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1103D |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Brahmi Vowel Sign Uu |
| 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 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC3D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001103D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc3d |