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

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 Bottom
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