U+0853 "ࡓ" Mandaic Letter Ar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0853 "ࡓ" Mandaic Letter Ar is the eighteenth letter of the Mandaic alphabet, a script used primarily for liturgical purposes in Mandaeism, a Gnostic religion originating in Mesopotamia. Representing the sound "r," this letter is part of a writing system that was developed for the Mandaic language, a dialect of Eastern Aramaic traditionally utilized in sacred texts and prayers. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and representation of the Mandaic script, aiding in scholarly research and cultural heritage documentation. The shape of the character is distinctive, with a curved form typical of the flowing style of the Mandaic alphabet, which is written from right to left.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0853 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Mandaic Letter Ar |
| Block | Mandaic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࡓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࡓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA1 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0853 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000853 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0853 |