U+11628 "𑘨" Modi Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑘨
U+11628 "𑘨" Modi Letter Ra is a character from the Modi script, an historical abugida that was primarily used to write the Marathi language in the pre-colonial and colonial eras of Western India. This specific letter represents the consonant sound "ra" and is typically rendered with a distinct curved and looped form that is characteristic of Modi's cursive and often ligature-heavy handwriting style. As part of the Modi block in Unicode, this character helps preserve and digitally encode a script that was once a major administrative and literary medium for the Maratha Empire and is now recognized for its cultural and historical significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11628 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Modi Letter Ra |
| Block | Modi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑘨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑘨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x98 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDE28 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011628 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\ude28 |