U+116B0 "𑚰" Takri Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑚰
U+116B0 "𑚰" Takri Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Takri script, an abugida historically employed for writing several languages of the Himalayan region, including Dogri, Chambyali, and Sirmauri. This character represents the vowel sound [u] and is placed beneath a consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel, indicating a short "u" pronunciation in syllables where it occurs. As part of the Takri block encoded in Unicode 15.0, it supports the accurate digital representation of this endangered script, aiding in linguistic preservation and modern text processing for languages that use Takri.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+116B0 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Takri Vowel Sign U |
| Block | Takri |
| 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 0x9A 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDEB0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000116B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udeb0 |