U+1046D "𐑭" Shavian Letter Ah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐑭
U+1046D "𐑭" Shavian Letter Ah is a character from the Shavian alphabet, a phonetic script designed for the English language that was created as a competitor to the Latin alphabet. This specific letter represents the open back unrounded vowel sound, similar to the "a" in the word "father" or "spa." It was one of the 48 characters introduced in the Shavian alphabet, which was developed in the mid-20th century. The character is a vertical stroke with a small curve at the top, contributing to the alphabet's goal of providing a more consistent and phonetic representation of English speech.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1046D |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Shavian Letter Ah |
| Block | Shavian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐑭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐑭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x91 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDC6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001046D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udc6d |