U+11305 "𑌅" Grantha Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑌅
U+11305 "𑌅" Grantha Letter A is a character from the Grantha script, an ancient abugida historically used in South India and Sri Lanka primarily to write Sanskrit and Tamil in scholarly and religious contexts. This letter represents the syllable initial vowel "a", and it is distinct for its unique curved shape that visually resembles a stylized character of the Grantha alphabet. Within the Unicode standard, it falls under the Grantha block, aiding in the digital representation and preservation of this historical script for modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11305 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Grantha Letter A |
| Block | Grantha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑌅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑌅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8C 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF05 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011305 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf05 |