U+11013 "đ" Brahmi Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11013 "đ" Brahmi Letter Ka is a glyph representing the consonant "ka" in the ancient Brahmi script, one of the earliest writing systems used in South Asia, which served as a predecessor to many modern Indic scripts. This character encodes the first consonant of the Brahmi syllabary, typically pronounced as /kÉ/, and is historically significant for its role in recording early Prakrit, Sanskrit, and Tamil inscriptions from around the 3rd century BCE. Preserved within the Unicode standard's Brahmi block, it enables digital representation and study of ancient texts, providing a vital link to understanding the evolution of writing in the Indian subcontinent.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11013 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Brahmi Letter Ka |
| Block | Brahmi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑀓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑀓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x80 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011013 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc13 |