U+119C6 "𑧆" Nandinagari Letter Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑧆
U+119C6 "𑧆" Nandinagari Letter Ma is a character from the Nandinagari script, an ancient Brahmic abugida historically used to write Sanskrit, Kannada, and other languages in southern India, particularly in the Nandi region. Representing the consonant sound "ma", this letter is part of the Nandinagari block added to the Unicode Standard in version 12.0, released in March 2019, to support the digital encoding of historical manuscripts and inscriptions. Its glyph visually resembles a distinctive curved and looping form, typical of Nandinagari's calligraphic style, serving to preserve the linguistic heritage of the Deccan plateau.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+119C6 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Nandinagari Letter Ma |
| Block | Nandinagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑧆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑧆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA7 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDDC6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000119C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\uddc6 |