U+119A1 "𑦡" Nandinagari Letter Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑦡
U+119A1 "𑦡" Nandinagari Letter Aa is a character from the Nandinagari script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in southern India to write Sanskrit, Kannada, and Telugu. This specific letter represents the long vowel "ā" and is distinguished by its distinctive curved and flowing strokes, which reflect the script's transition between early southern Brahmi forms and later regional scripts like modern Kannada and Telugu. The character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of version 12.0 in 2019, aiding in the digital preservation and study of historical manuscripts and inscriptions that utilize the Nandinagari script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+119A1 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Nandinagari Letter Aa |
| Block | Nandinagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑦡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑦡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA6 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDDA1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000119A1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udda1 |