U+114BB "ð‘’»" Tirhuta Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+114BB "ð‘’»" Tirhuta Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tirhuta script, which is historically employed for writing the Maithili language primarily spoken in the Bihar and Jharkhand regions of India and parts of Nepal. It represents the vowel sound "ai" and is placed above the consonant glyph it modifies, serving as an independent vowel modifier distinct from inherent vowels in the script. This character is part of the Tirhuta block, encoded in Unicode version 7.0 in 2014, and supports the accurate digital representation and preservation of Maithili literature and inscriptions, aiding in the revival and modern use of this endangered script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+114BB |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Tirhuta Vowel Sign Ai |
| Block | Tirhuta |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ð‘’¹" U+114B9 Tirhuta Vowel Sign E "ð‘’º" U+114BA Tirhuta Vowel Sign Short E |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑒻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑒻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x92 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDCBB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000114BB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udcbb |