U+0944 "ॄ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0944 "ॄ" Devanagari Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to represent a long vocalic r sound, a feature found primarily in Sanskrit transliteration and scholarly texts. It appears as a small, hooked sign placed above or attached to a consonant letter, modifying its pronunciation to include a prolonged syllabic r vowel sound. This character is distinct from its short counterpart, U+0943, and is essential for accurately writing and encoding ancient Vedic and classical Sanskrit words where this specific vowel occurs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0944 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ॄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ॄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA5 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0944 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000944 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0944 |