U+1108C "𑂌" Kaithi Letter Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑂌
U+1108C "𑂌" Kaithi Letter Au is a character used in the Kaithi script, an historical writing system employed primarily in North India for documenting administrative, legal, and literary works, particularly for languages like Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Awadhi. This specific letter represents the vowel sound /ɔu/ or similar diphthong, and it is essential for accurately transcribing words that contain this specific phonetic element in languages written with Kaithi. As part of the Unicode Standard, its inclusion ensures the preservation and digital representation of this historic script, facilitating research, text exchange, and cultural heritage maintenance in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1108C |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Kaithi Letter Au |
| Block | Kaithi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑂌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑂌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x82 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001108C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc8c |