U+A8C2 "ꣂ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign Oo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꣂ
U+A8C2 "ꣂ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign Oo is a combining diacritical mark used in the Saurashtra script, which is historically employed for writing the Saurashtra language primarily spoken in parts of Tamil Nadu, India. This vowel sign is placed above or attached to a consonant character to indicate the long vowel sound "oo" (similar to the "oo" in "boot"), modifying the inherent vowel of the consonant. It belongs to the Saurashtra Unicode block and serves a crucial role in accurately representing the phonetic structure of the written language, helping to distinguish words and meanings through vowel length.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A8C2 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Saurashtra Vowel Sign Oo |
| 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 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA8C2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A8C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua8c2 |