U+0CDC "" Kannada Archaic Shrii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0CDC "" Kannada Archaic Shrii is a typographic ligature and an archaic symbol from the Kannada script, historically used to represent the sacred and auspicious term "Shrii" in a condensed or honorific form. Unlike the modern standard combination of characters for "Shrii," this single glyph was employed in older manuscripts, inscriptions, and religious texts as a stylistic or scribal abbreviation to denote prosperity, reverence, or divine blessing. It belongs to the Kannada block in Unicode and is classified as a letter, though its use today is primarily historical or decorative, preserving a unique aspect of Kannada paleography and epigraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CDC |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Kannada Archaic Shrii |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ೜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ೜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB3 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CDC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CDC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0cdc |