U+0BBE "ா" Tamil Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0BBE "ா" Tamil Vowel Sign Aa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tamil script to represent the long vowel sound "ā" as in the English word "father". It is classified as a vowel sign, meaning it modifies the inherent vowel sound of a preceding consonant character, transforming it from a short "a" to a long "ā". This character appears to the right of the consonant it modifies when written in the Tamil abugida, and it is essential for proper phonetic representation and correct spelling in Tamil orthography.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0BBE
Name
Tamil Vowel Sign Aa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ா
HTML Hex Encoding
ா
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAE 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0BBE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000BBE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0bbe
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tamil