U+11370 "𑍰" Combining Grantha Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+11370 "𑍰" Combining Grantha Letter A is a diacritical mark used in the Grantha script, a historic Brahmic writing system primarily employed for writing Sanskrit and occasionally Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka. This character is designed to be placed above or attached to a consonant to modify its inherent vowel sound to 'a', functioning as a vowel sign within the script's abugida structure. It belongs to the Grantha Extended Unicode block and is classified as a combining mark, meaning it does not stand alone but merges with a base character to alter its phonetic value. Understanding this character is important for accurately rendering historical and religious texts, as Grantha was widely used for Hindu liturgical manuscripts and scholarly works.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𑍰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𑍰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x91 0x8D 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD804 0xDF70 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00011370 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud804\udf70 |
Unicode Properties