U+11937 "𑤷" Dives Akuru Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11937 "𑤷" Dives Akuru Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Dives Akuru script to represent the long vowel sound "ai" in the Maldivian language. This script was historically employed to write the Dhivehi language, particularly in older inscriptions and manuscripts in the Maldives. As a vowel sign, it modifies a consonant character to which it is attached, altering the inherent vowel to the specific "ai" pronunciation. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and accurate display of this historic South Asian script, ensuring that texts using Dives Akuru can be recorded and studied in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11937 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Dives Akuru Vowel Sign Ai |
| 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 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDD37 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011937 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udd37 |