U+11373 "𑍳" Combining Grantha Letter Vi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑍳
U+11373 "𑍳" Combining Grantha Letter Vi is a diacritical mark used in the Grantha script, which is historically employed for writing Sanskrit and other classical languages in South India and Sri Lanka. This character is a combining mark, meaning it attaches to a base consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel sound, specifically indicating the short vowel "i" (similar to the dependent vowel sign for "i" in other Brahmic scripts). It is positioned above the consonant it modifies and is part of the Unicode block for Grantha, supporting the accurate digital representation of texts such as Hindu religious manuscripts and scholarly works.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11373 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Combining Grantha Letter Vi |
| Block | Grantha |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑍳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑍳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8D 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011373 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf73 |