U+11C28 "𑰨" Bhaiksuki Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑰨
U+11C28 "𑰨" Bhaiksuki Letter Ra is a consonant from the historical Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system used between the 11th and 13th centuries CE in parts of present-day India and Nepal to write Sanskrit and other related languages. This specific glyph represents the sound "ra," and it is part of a block of Unicode characters added in version 9.0 to facilitate digital representation and study of the Bhaiksuki script. Preserving such characters is essential for scholars and linguists working with medieval Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions, as it aids in the accurate transcription and analysis of these historical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C28 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Letter Ra |
| Block | Bhaiksuki |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑰨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑰨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC28 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C28 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc28 |