U+11723 "𑜣" Ahom Vowel Sign Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑜣
U+11723 "𑜣" Ahom Vowel Sign Ii is a combining diacritical mark used in the Ahom script, which was historically employed to write the Ahom language of Assam, India. This specific character represents the long vowel sound "ii" and is placed above or attached to a consonant character to modify its pronunciation, forming part of the script's inventory of vowel signs that indicate length and quality distinctions. The Ahom script, now largely obsolete in everyday use, has been revived in recent years for cultural and scholarly purposes, and this vowel sign is essential for accurately transcribing and preserving the phonetic structure of the ancient Tai Ahom language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11723 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Ahom Vowel Sign Ii |
| Block | Ahom |
| 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 0x9C 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDF23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011723 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udf23 |