U+11074 "𑁴" Brahmi Vowel Sign Old Tamil Short O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑁴
U+11074 "𑁴" Brahmi Vowel Sign Old Tamil Short O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Brahmi script to represent a short 'o' vowel sound specifically within the context of Old Tamil orthography. This character is designed to modify a consonant, being placed above or attached to it, to denote the vowel that follows it, and it belongs to the Brahmi block of the Unicode standard. It is significant for scholars and linguists working with historical Tamil inscriptions and manuscripts, as it helps accurately encode and digitally preserve the distinct phonetic features of the Old Tamil language as written in the Brahmi script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11074 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Brahmi Vowel Sign Old Tamil Short O |
| 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 0x81 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC74 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011074 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc74 |