U+11343 "๐" Grantha Vowel Sign Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11343 "๐" Grantha Vowel Sign Vocalic R is a combining diacritical mark used in the Grantha script, primarily for writing Sanskrit and other classical languages in South India. This vowel sign represents the vocalic R sound, a syllabic consonant akin to the Sanskrit เค, and is positioned below or attached to a base consonant to modify its inherent vowel. It is part of the Grantha block in Unicode, which was added to support the accurate digital representation of ancient and liturgical texts, where such phonetic nuances are essential for correct pronunciation and transliteration.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11343 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Grantha Vowel Sign Vocalic R |
| Block | Grantha |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑍃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑍃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8D 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011343 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf43 |