U+11038 "𑀸" Brahmi Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character

U+11038 "𑀸" Brahmi Vowel Sign Aa is a diacritical mark used in the ancient Brahmi script, representing the long vowel sound "ā" and modifying a consonant to which it is attached. This glyph is part of the Brahmi block in Unicode, which encodes the writing system used across the Indian subcontinent from roughly the 3rd century BCE onward and serves as the ancestor of many modern South and Southeast Asian scripts. As a vowel sign, it appears as a horizontal stroke or a curved line added after or above a base consonant character, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard enables the digital representation and study of historic Brahmi inscriptions.