U+A803 "ꠃ" Syloti Nagri Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꠃ
U+A803 "ꠃ" Syloti Nagri Letter U is the third vowel in the Syloti Nagri script, a writing system historically used for the Sylheti language primarily spoken in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and parts of northeastern India. This character represents the sound of the close back rounded vowel /u/, similar to the 'u' in the English word "flute," and it is used in combination with consonant signs to form syllables in written Sylheti. As part of the Syloti Nagri block in Unicode, it plays a crucial role in preserving and digitally representing the Sylheti language's literary and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A803 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Syloti Nagri Letter U |
| Block | Syloti Nagri |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꠃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꠃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA0 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA803 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A803 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua803 |