U+A8C3 "ꣃ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꣃ
U+A8C3 "ꣃ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Saurashtra script, a Brahmic abugida historically employed to write the Saurashtra language in parts of South India. This specific sign, representing the vowel sound "au," is placed below a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, creating a distinct syllable pronounced with the diphthong /au/. Its encoding within the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text for the Saurashtra script can be accurately represented and preserved, supporting linguistic and cultural documentation for this endangered language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A8C3 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Saurashtra Vowel Sign Au |
| 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 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA8C3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A8C3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua8c3 |