U+0CD6 "ೖ" Kannada Ai Length Mark Unicode Character

U+0CD6 "ೖ" Kannada Ai Length Mark is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kannada script to indicate a lengthened or extended pronunciation of the vowel sound associated with the vowel sign "ಐ" (ai). Unlike standard vowel signs that attach directly to consonants, this mark specifically modifies the duration of the ai vowel, often appearing in transliterations or scholarly transcriptions to represent a phonemically long variant. It is encoded in the Unicode block for Kannada and functions as a non-spacing mark, meaning it combines with a preceding base character without occupying its own visual space, thereby refining the phonetic precision of written Kannada in linguistic or liturgical contexts.