U+1116E "ð‘…®" Mahajani Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1116E "ð‘…®" Mahajani Letter La is a glyph representing a specific consonant sound in the Mahajani script, a historical writing system used primarily for commercial and accounting purposes in North India approximately from the 13th to the 20th century. This script was known for its cursive and often ligature heavy nature, making it quite distinct from more formal scripts like Devanagari. The letter "La" corresponds to the alveolar lateral approximant sound found in many Indian languages, and in the context of Mahajani, it would have been used to transcribe details in mercantile ledgers and administrative documents. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately represent and preserve this important historical writing system in modern electronic texts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𑅮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𑅮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x91 0x85 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD804 0xDD6E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001116E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud804\udd6e |
Unicode Properties