U+0BF8 "" Tamil as Above Sign Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Tamil Source: Browser Default

U+0BF8 "" Tamil as Above Sign is a typographic mark used in the Tamil script to denote a diacritical or positional cue indicating that a vowel or vowel sign is to be read as placed above the consonant, rather than in its usual attached position. It is a rare, non-combining symbol most often encountered in older or formal Tamil texts, particularly in manuscripts or scholarly editions, where it clarifies vowel placement for proper phonetic representation.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
௸
HTML Hex Encoding
௸
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAF 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0BF8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000BF8
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0bf8