U+119C8 "𑧈" Nandinagari Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑧈
U+119C8 "𑧈" Nandinagari Letter Ra is a glyph from the Nandinagari script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in South India to write languages such as Sanskrit, Kannada, and occasionally Marathi. This specific character represents the consonant sound "ra," functioning as a fundamental building block in the syllabic alphabet of Nandinagari, which is characterized by its rounded, flowing shapes. It was added to the Unicode Standard in version 12.0 as part of the Nandinagari block, supporting the digital preservation and scholarly study of historical manuscripts and inscriptions where this script appears.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+119C8 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Nandinagari Letter Ra |
| Block | Nandinagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑧈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑧈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA7 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDDC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000119C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\uddc8 |