U+A9B9 "ꦹ" Javanese Vowel Sign Suku Mendut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꦹ
U+A9B9 "ꦹ" Javanese Vowel Sign Suku Mendut is a combining diacritical mark used in the Javanese script to represent a specific vowel sound, typically a long or tense close back rounded vowel, often transcribed as /uː/. This sign is placed above a consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel, and its name "Suku Mendut" distinguishes it from the standard "suku" vowel sign by indicating a slightly different phonetic quality or historical variation within Javanese orthography. It is part of the Javanese Unicode block, which supports the traditional writing system of the Javanese language, primarily used in Indonesia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A9B9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Vowel Sign Suku Mendut |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA9B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A9B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua9b9 |