U+0857 "ࡗ" Mandaic Letter Kad Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ࡗ
U+0857 "ࡗ" Mandaic Letter Kad is a character from the Mandaic alphabet, which is used to write the Mandaean language and is primarily utilized in the religious texts of the Mandaean faith. Representing the sound "k" or a velar plosive, this letter is part of a script that holds significant cultural and historical importance, as it is associated with the Mandaean community, a small ethnoreligious group with roots in ancient Mesopotamia. Despite its niche usage, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital communication and preservation of the Mandaean script and heritage are possible in modern technological environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0857 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Mandaic Letter Kad |
| Block | Mandaic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࡗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࡗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA1 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0857 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000857 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0857 |