U+11CA7 "𑲧" Marchen Subjoined Letter Za Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+11CA7 "𑲧" Marchen Subjoined Letter Za is a historical glyph from the Marchen script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system used primarily in the Tibetan Bon tradition and for transcribing the extinct Zhangzhung language in manuscripts from western Tibet and the Silk Road region. This specific character represents a subjoined form of the letter "Za," meaning it is designed to be attached below a preceding consonant as a conjunct modifier, a common feature in Brahmic scripts to indicate secondary consonant clusters. Its inclusion in Unicode supports digital preservation and scholarly study of the Marchen script, which is critical for understanding the religious and cultural texts of the Bon religion and the linguistic history of the Himalayan area. Created in the Unicode 9.0 standard released in 2016, it enables modern text encoding for rare manuscripts that were previously difficult to represent in digital formats.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𑲧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𑲧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x91 0xB2 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD807 0xDCA7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00011CA7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud807\udca7 |
Unicode Properties