U+11A04 "𑨄" Zanabazar Square Vowel Sign E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑨄
U+11A04 "𑨄" Zanabazar Square Vowel Sign E is a combining vowel mark used in the Zanabazar Square script, an abugida historically employed for writing Mongolian, Tibetan, and Sanskrit in Buddhist contexts. This sign is placed above or attached to a consonant character to indicate the vowel sound "e," modifying the inherent vowel of the base consonant. It represents a key diacritic in the script, which was developed in the 17th century by the Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar to transcribe sacred texts and facilitate translation efforts. The character is part of the Zanabazar Square block in the Unicode Standard, supporting the digital preservation of this cultural and religious writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11A04 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Zanabazar Square Vowel Sign E |
| Block | Zanabazar Square |
| 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 0xA8 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDE04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011A04 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\ude04 |