U+110B8 "𑂸" Kaithi Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑂸
U+110B8 "𑂸" Kaithi Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kaithi script, a historical writing system primarily employed in northern India for languages such as Hindi, Urdu, and Maithili. This vowel sign represents the "au" sound, akin to the "ow" in "now," and is placed above or attached to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel. It forms a crucial part of the Kaithi orthography, facilitating the accurate representation of a diphthong that appears in many South Asian languages. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Kaithi block, ensuring its preservation and digital compatibility for scholarly, linguistic, and cultural documentation purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+110B8 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Kaithi Vowel Sign Au |
| Block | Kaithi |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑂸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑂸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x82 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDCB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000110B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udcb8 |