U+114BD "ð‘’½" Tirhuta Vowel Sign Short O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+114BD "ð‘’½" Tirhuta Vowel Sign Short O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tirhuta script, which is historically employed for writing the Maithili language primarily in the Bihar and Jharkhand regions of India. This vowel sign indicates a short o sound and is placed after a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, altering the syllable to include the short o articulation. As part of the Tirhuta block in Unicode, it supports the accurate representation and digital preservation of the script, which has seen a revival in modern Maithili texts and manuscripts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that this specific phonetic element can be consistently rendered across different computing platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+114BD |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Tirhuta Vowel Sign Short O |
| Block | Tirhuta |
| 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 0x92 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDCBD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000114BD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udcbd |