U+10A1C "𐨜" Kharoshthi Letter Dda Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐨜

U+10A1C "𐨜" Kharoshthi Letter Dda is a specific glyph from the ancient Kharoshthi script, which was used primarily in the regions of modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This character represents the unvoiced retroflex stop sound "ḍ" and is part of the Kharoshthi block in the Unicode standard, which was encoded to preserve this historical writing system for digital use. The letter "Dda" reflects the script's unique adaptation of the Aramaic alphabet, adapted for the Gandhari Prakrit language and other local dialects, and its inclusion in Unicode helps scholars and linguists access, study, and digitally archive manuscripts and inscriptions from the ancient Buddhist and Indus Valley cultures.

General Properties

Code Point U+10A1C
Version Added 4.1
Name Kharoshthi Letter Dda
Block Kharoshthi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐨜
HTML Hex Encoding 𐨜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA8 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDE1C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010A1C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\ude1c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Kharoshthi
Script Extensions Kharoshthi
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter