U+11A2B "𑨫" Zanabazar Square Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑨫
U+11A2B "𑨫" Zanabazar Square Letter Ra is a glyph from the Zanabazar Square script, an abugida designed in the 17th century by the Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar for writing Mongolian and Tibetan. This specific letter represents the consonant sound "ra" and is part of a script created to transcribe Buddhist texts and liturgical language, reflecting a blend of Indian and Tibetan orthographic influences. The Zanabazar Square script is notable for its square, geometric appearance, and while it saw limited historical use, it is recognized in modern Unicode standards to preserve and support the digital representation of this cultural and religious writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11A2B |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Zanabazar Square Letter Ra |
| Block | Zanabazar Square |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑨫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑨫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA8 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDE2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011A2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\ude2b |