U+11606 "𑘆" Modi Letter Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+11606 "𑘆" Modi Letter Vocalic R is a character from the Modi script, a historical writing system used primarily to write the Marathi language in western India during the 17th to 20th centuries. This specific character represents the vocalic r sound, a syllabic consonant used in languages like Marathi and Sanskrit where the letter acts as a vowel akin to the sound in the English word "sir". It belongs to the block of Modi script characters in the Unicode Standard, encoding a unique glyph that distinguishes it from the standard consonant r. This character is part of a larger effort to preserve and digitally represent historic South Asian scripts, allowing for accurate textual reproduction of religious, literary, and administrative documents from the time of the Maratha Empire.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𑘆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𑘆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x91 0x98 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD805 0xDE06 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00011606 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud805\ude06 |
Unicode Properties