U+1AD4 "" Combining Vertical-Line-Macron Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1AD4 "" Combining Vertical-Line-Macron is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Viet script, where it is placed above certain base consonants to indicate a specific tonal or phonetic modification. It combines two visual features a vertical line and a macron (horizontal bar) into a single complex glyph, and as a combining character, it is designed to attach to and modify the pronunciation or meaning of a preceding character within a text. Its purpose is to enable accurate representation of the Tai Viet language's tonal system, contributing to the script's ability to convey subtle distinctions in spoken words.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AD4 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Combining Vertical-Line-Macron |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Extended |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᫔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᫔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAB 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AD4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AD4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ad4 |