U+11399 "𑎙" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Ja Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑎙
U+11399 "𑎙" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Ja is a grapheme from the Tulu-Tigalari script, an abugida historically used to write the Tulu language in the southwestern coastal region of India, particularly in the Tulu Nadu area. This specific letter represents the consonant sound "ja" and is part of a block added to Unicode to preserve and digitally encode the ancient writing system, which is closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts like Grantha and Malayalam. Its inclusion in Unicode aids in the documentation, revitalization, and accurate digital representation of Tulu texts, manuscripts, and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11399 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Tulu-Tigalari Letter Ja |
| Block | Tulu-Tigalari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑎙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑎙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8E 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011399 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf99 |