U+A9B7 "ꦷ" Javanese Vowel Sign Wulu Melik Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꦷ
U+A9B7 "ꦷ" Javanese Vowel Sign Wulu Melik is a combining diacritical mark used in the Javanese script to modify a consonant's inherent vowel sound, specifically representing the vowel /i/ with a more complex or prolonged quality often associated with the word "melik" meaning "to look" or "to desire" in Javanese. It appears as a curly or hooked symbol positioned above the base consonant character to indicate this specific phonetic shift. This sign is part of the Javanese script's range of vowel modifiers, which are essential for accurately writing the language's rich system of vocalic distinctions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A9B7 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Vowel Sign Wulu Melik |
| Block | Javanese |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꦷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꦷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA6 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA9B7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A9B7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua9b7 |