U+113BB "𑎻" Tulu-Tigalari Vowel Sign U Unicode Character

U+113BB "𑎻" Tulu-Tigalari Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the historical Tulu-Tigalari script, which was primarily employed to write the Tulu language in the southwestern region of India. This vowel sign represents the long vowel "U" sound and is attached to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, indicating a change in pronunciation from a default "a" to a sustained "u" sound. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard, specifically within the Tulu-Tigalari block added in version 16.0 in 2024, supports the digital preservation and accurate rendering of this ancient script, which is significant for the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Tulu-speaking community.

General Properties

Code Point	U+113BB
Version Added	16.0
Name	Tulu-Tigalari Vowel Sign U
Block	Tulu-Tigalari
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 0x8E 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD804 0xDFBB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000113BB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud804\udfbb

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Maybe
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Maybe
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Tulu Tigalari
Script Extensions	Tulu Tigalari
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