U+11C72 "𑱲" Marchen Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑱲
U+11C72 "𑱲" Marchen Letter Ka is a character from the Marchen script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language in regions of western Tibet and the Himalayas. This specific glyph represents the consonant sound "ka" and forms part of the syllabic inventory of the script, which was closely associated with the Bon religion and its textual traditions. Encoded in the Unicode Standard's Marchen block, it is a vital element for digitally preserving and studying the unique cultural and linguistic heritage of the Tibetan Buddhist and Bonpo historical documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C72 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Marchen Letter Ka |
| Block | Marchen |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑱲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑱲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C72 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc72 |