U+11941 "𑥁" Dives Akuru Initial Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑥁
U+11941 "𑥁" Dives Akuru Initial Ra is a glyph from the Dives Akuru script, a historical abugida used primarily in the Maldives for writing the Dhivehi language before it was largely replaced by Thaana. This specific character represents the initial form of the consonant "Ra," which is a separate shape distinct from its medial or final counterparts in the script. It belongs to the Dives Akuru Unicode block and is intended for scholarly and digital representation of medieval Maldivian manuscripts and inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11941 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Dives Akuru Initial Ra |
| Block | Dives Akuru |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑥁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑥁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA5 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDD41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011941 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udd41 |