U+11087 "𑂇" Kaithi Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑂇
U+11087 "𑂇" Kaithi Letter U is a specific character from the Kaithi script, a historical writing system used primarily in northern India for languages like Bhojpuri, Maithili, and Magahi before the widespread adoption of Devanagari. It represents the vowel sound "u" and is part of the Kaithi block in Unicode, which was added to support the electronic representation of this script. The character is shaped as a distinct grapheme that typically sits below or attached to its consonant base, aiding in the correct phonetic transcription of words in written Kaithi.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11087 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Kaithi Letter U |
| Block | Kaithi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑂇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑂇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x82 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC87 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011087 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc87 |