U+115B2 "ð‘–²" Siddham Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð‘–²
U+115B2 "ð‘–²" Siddham Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Siddham script, an ancient writing system historically employed in East Asia for writing Sanskrit and Buddhist texts. This character represents the short vowel sound "u" and is placed below a consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel, functioning as a dependent vowel sign. Siddham is no longer used for everyday writing but remains significant in religious and ritual contexts, particularly in Japanese Shingon Buddhism, where it is preserved in esoteric scriptures and temple decorations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+115B2 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Siddham Vowel Sign U |
| Block | Siddham |
| 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 0x96 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDDB2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000115B2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\uddb2 |