U+1B20 "ᬠ" Balinese Letter Da Murda Mahaprana Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B20 "ᬠ" Balinese Letter Da Murda Mahaprana is a glyph used in the Balinese script to represent a distinct aspirated and voiced retroflex stop sound, specifically a "dha" with strong aspiration, and it belongs to the category of "murda" or "head" letters, which are typically reserved for writing loanwords, sacred texts, and proper names in the Balinese language. It is part of the Balinese block in Unicode and is rendered with a unique curved and ornamented design, reflecting the script's traditional calligraphic style. This character plays a key role in accurately transcribing Sanskrit and Old Javanese influences within Balinese orthography, differentiating it from other similar-sounding letters like the plain "Da Murda" or "Da Madu".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B20 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Letter Da Murda Mahaprana |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᬠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᬠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAC 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b20 |