U+11C06 "𑰆" Bhaiksuki Letter Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑰆
U+11C06 "𑰆" Bhaiksuki Letter Vocalic R is a glyph from the historical Bhaiksuki script, which was used in parts of South Asia, particularly in present-day India and Nepal, between the 6th and 8th centuries CE. This character represents the vocalic form of the consonant 'R', functioning as a syllabic vowel sound similar to the Sanskrit vocalic ṛ. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitally encode this ancient Brahmi-derived script, aiding scholars and researchers in accurately documenting and studying Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions from that period.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C06 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Letter Vocalic R |
| Block | Bhaiksuki |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑰆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑰆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC06 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C06 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc06 |