U+114B3 "ð‘’³" Tirhuta Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+114B3 "ð‘’³" Tirhuta Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritic used in the Tirhuta script, which is historically employed for writing the Maithili language primarily in the Mithila region of India and Nepal. This character represents the vowel sound "u" and modifies a consonant character by attaching a diacritical mark below or to the right of the base letter, altering its pronunciation to include the /u/ sound. The Tirhuta script, also known as Mithilakshar, is part of the Brahmic family of scripts and is recognized in the Unicode Standard under the Tirhuta block, with this particular vowel sign playing a key role in representing the short "u" vowel in written Maithili texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+114B3 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Tirhuta Vowel Sign U |
| Block | Tirhuta |
| 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 0x92 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDCB3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000114B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udcb3 |