U+A81A "ꠚ" Syloti Nagri Letter Pho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꠚ
U+A81A "ꠚ" Syloti Nagri Letter Pho is a character used in the Syloti Nagri script, which is primarily employed for writing the Sylheti language, spoken in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and parts of northeastern India. This letter represents the aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive sound, similar to a "p" sound with a strong burst of air, often transcribed as "ph" in Romanized Sylheti. It is part of the Syloti Nagri block in Unicode, which was added to support the accurate digital representation of this endangered script, aiding in the preservation and modern use of the Sylheti language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A81A |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Syloti Nagri Letter Pho |
| Block | Syloti Nagri |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꠚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꠚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA0 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA81A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A81A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua81a |