U+11D60 "𑵠" Gunjala Gondi Letter A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑵠

U+11D60 "𑵠" Gunjala Gondi Letter A is a glyph from the Gunjala Gondi script, which is an abugida used historically to write the Gondi language, primarily spoken by the Gond people in central India. This specific character represents the vowel sound "a" and serves as a foundational letter in the script, functioning as both a standalone vowel and as a base for forming other vowel sounds with diacritical marks. The Gunjala Gondi script, named after the Gunjala village in Telangana where older manuscripts were discovered, is part of the Unicode Standard’s effort to preserve endangered and historically significant writing systems. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital encoding, enabling modern communication and research in the Gondi language and supporting the documentation of this cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+11D60
Version Added 11.0
Name Gunjala Gondi Letter A
Block Gunjala Gondi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑵠
HTML Hex Encoding 𑵠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB5 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDD60
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011D60
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udd60

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Gunjala Gondi
Script Extensions Gunjala Gondi
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter