U+11931 "𑤱" Dives Akuru Vowel Sign I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑤱
U+11931 "𑤱" Dives Akuru Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Dives Akuru script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically employed in parts of South Asia, particularly in the Maldives and along the Malabar coast. This vowel sign indicates the short "i" sound and is attached to a consonant base character to modify its inherent vowel, functioning as a dependent vowel sign rather than an independent letter. As part of the Dives Akuru block added to Unicode in 2022, this character helps preserve and digitally encode a script that was primarily used for inscriptions, manuscripts, and legal documents before being largely supplanted by modern Dhivehi writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11931 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Dives Akuru Vowel Sign I |
| Block | Dives Akuru |
| 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 0xA4 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDD31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011931 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udd31 |