U+11371 "𑍱" Combining Grantha Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑍱
U+11371 "𑍱" Combining Grantha Letter Ka is a diacritical mark used in the Grantha script, an ancient writing system of South India primarily employed for writing Sanskrit and classical Tamil texts. It is designed to combine visually with a base consonant character, typically modifying its vowel sound or nasalization, and belongs to the block of supplementary Grantha characters. This combining form specifically represents a vocalic or syllabic component associated with the consonant "Ka," enabling precise phonetic transcription in scholarly and liturgical contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11371 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Combining Grantha Letter Ka |
| Block | Grantha |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑍱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑍱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8D 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011371 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf71 |