U+11A5B "𑩛" Soyombo Vowel Length Mark Unicode Character

U+11A5B "𑩛" Soyombo Vowel Length Mark is a diacritical mark used in the Soyombo script, an abugida developed in the late 17th century by the Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar. This specific mark is placed above or attached to a vowel-carrying consonant letter to indicate that the inherent vowel should be pronounced with a longer duration, distinguishing meaning in languages such as Mongolian and Tibetan. It belongs to the Soyombo Unicode block, which was added to the standard to support historical and liturgical texts, preserving the script's role in Buddhist and cultural documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11A5B
Version Added	10.0
Name	Soyombo Vowel Length Mark
Block	Soyombo
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 0xA9 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD806 0xDE5B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011A5B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud806\ude5b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Soyombo
Script Extensions	Soyombo
Indic Syllabic Category	Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category	Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend