U+119D6 "𑧖" Nandinagari Vowel Sign Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑧖
U+119D6 "𑧖" Nandinagari Vowel Sign Vocalic R is a combining diacritical mark used in the Nandinagari script, a historical Brahmic script primarily employed to write Sanskrit and Kannada in medieval southern India. This specific character represents a vocalic 'r' sound, a syllabic consonant that functions as a vowel, and is placed as a sign above or attached to a consonant base to modify its inherent vowel. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of ancient and religious manuscripts, aiding scholars in the study of South Asian epigraphy and textual traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+119D6 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Nandinagari Vowel Sign Vocalic R |
| Block | Nandinagari |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑧖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑧖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA7 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDDD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000119D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\uddd6 |