U+11499 "๐" Tirhuta Letter Tta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11499 "๐" Tirhuta Letter Tta is a specific glyph from the Tirhuta script, which is historically used to write the Maithili language primarily in the Bihar and Jharkhand regions of India. This character represents the retroflex consonant sound "แนญa," similar to the unaspirated "t" sound produced with the tongue curled back against the roof of the mouth. As part of the Tirhuta block in the Unicode Standard, it enables the digital preservation and accurate rendering of ancient and modern Maithili texts, supporting cultural heritage and linguistic diversity in electronic communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11499 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Tirhuta Letter Tta |
| Block | Tirhuta |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑒙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑒙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x92 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011499 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc99 |