U+A823 "ꠣ" Syloti Nagri Vowel Sign A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꠣ
U+A823 "ꠣ" Syloti Nagri Vowel Sign A is a combining diacritical mark used in the Syloti Nagri script, historically employed for writing the Sylheti language of northeastern Bangladesh and parts of Assam, India. This vowel sign attaches to a consonant letter to indicate the long vowel sound "a," as in the English word "father," and is distinct from the inherent vowel of the script, which is implied when no sign is present. It appears as a horizontal stroke placed above or to the right of the base consonant, modifying its pronunciation within the syllabic writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A823 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Syloti Nagri Vowel Sign A |
| Block | Syloti Nagri |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꠣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꠣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA0 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA823 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A823 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua823 |