U+A8C0 "ꣀ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꣀ
U+A8C0 "ꣀ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Saurashtra script to represent the vowel sound "Ai," which is similar to the English diphthong in words like "eye." As a vowel sign, it is placed above or attached to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, creating a distinct syllable in the writing system historically employed for the Saurashtra language of Gujarat, India. This character forms a fundamental part of the Saurashtra block, enabling accurate representation of the language's specific phonology and preserving its literary and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A8C0 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Saurashtra Vowel Sign Ai |
| Block | Saurashtra |
| 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 0xA3 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA8C0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A8C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua8c0 |