U+11360 "๐ " Grantha Letter Vocalic Rr Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11360 "๐ " Grantha Letter Vocalic Rr is a script symbol from the Grantha alphabet, used historically in South India primarily to write Sanskrit and classical Tamil texts. This character represents a vocalic (syllabic) form of the retroflex rhotic sound, akin to the Sanskrit vocalic 'แน', and functions as a standalone vowel or as a syllabic nucleus in transliteration systems. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that ancient and religious manuscripts, particularly those from Hindu and Jain traditions, can be digitally preserved and accurately rendered, supporting scholarly work in epigraphy and linguistics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11360 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Grantha Letter Vocalic Rr |
| Block | Grantha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑍠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑍠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8D 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF60 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011360 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf60 |