U+11A08 "𑨈" Zanabazar Square Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑨈
U+11A08 "𑨈" Zanabazar Square Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Zanabazar Square script, an abugida historically employed for writing Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Mongolian. This specific sign represents the vowel sound "au" and is placed above the consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel, functioning as a dependent vowel marker rather than an independent character. The Zanabazar Square script, named after the 17th century Mongolian Buddhist monk and scholar Zanabazar, is known for its geometric letterforms and was designed to facilitate the transcription of Buddhist texts, though it saw limited historical use and is now recognized primarily for its linguistic and cultural significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11A08 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Zanabazar Square Vowel Sign Au |
| Block | Zanabazar Square |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑨈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑨈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA8 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDE08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011A08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\ude08 |