U+11900 "𑤀" Dives Akuru Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑤀
U+11900 "𑤀" Dives Akuru Letter A is the first letter of the Dives Akuru script, an ancient writing system historically used in the Maldives for administrative and religious texts before being largely replaced by Thaana. This character represents the inherent vowel sound "a," functioning as a foundational element in the script's syllabic structure and appearing in important epigraphic records and manuscripts from the Maldivian historical period. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures the digital preservation and modern study of this significant yet less widely known script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11900 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Dives Akuru Letter A |
| Block | Dives Akuru |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑤀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑤀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA4 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDD00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011900 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udd00 |