U+115B9 "ð‘–¹" Siddham Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð‘–¹
U+115B9 "ð‘–¹" Siddham Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Siddham script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system historically employed for writing Sanskrit and Buddhist texts in East Asia, particularly in Japan and China. This specific vowel sign modifies a consonant to represent the diphthong sound "ai" and is written as a distinct mark placed above or attached to the base consonant character. In Siddham manuscripts and ritual inscriptions, the sign appears as part of the script's complex orthographic system, where vowel signs are integral to accurately transcribing the phonetic and syllabic structure of Sanskrit words, especially in Buddhist liturgical and calligraphic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+115B9 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Siddham Vowel Sign Ai |
| Block | Siddham |
| 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 0x96 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDDB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000115B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\uddb9 |