U+1163C "𑘼" Modi Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑘼
U+1163C "𑘼" Modi Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Modi script, which was historically employed to write the Marathi language primarily during the Maratha Empire. This character represents the vocalic sound "au" and is attached to a consonant base character to modify its inherent vowel, thereby indicating a diphthong. As part of the Modi block encoded in Unicode, it serves to support the digital preservation and accurate typographic representation of this important South Asian writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1163C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Modi Vowel Sign Au |
| Block | Modi |
| 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 0x98 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDE3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001163C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\ude3c |