U+1139D "𑎝" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Ttha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑎝

U+1139D "𑎝" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Ttha is an individual character within the Tulu-Tigalari script block, specifically representing the aspirated voiceless retroflex stop consonant "ttha." This script was historically used for writing the Tulu language in the southwestern region of India, particularly in coastal Karnataka and parts of Kerala, and it also served as a traditional writing system for the Tigalari script used by certain Brahmin communities. The character is part of a broader effort to digitally encode and preserve a number of historic Indic scripts, allowing for the accurate representation of texts in digital formats and supporting linguistic and scholarly research into the region's cultural heritage. As a result, its inclusion in the Unicode Standard facilitates the proper display, storage, and exchange of Tulu-Tigalari literature and inscriptions in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1139D
Version Added 16.0
Name Tulu-Tigalari Letter Ttha
Block Tulu-Tigalari
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑎝
HTML Hex Encoding 𑎝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x8E 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDF9D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001139D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udf9d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Aksara
Script Tulu Tigalari
Script Extensions Tulu Tigalari
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter