U+A884 "ꢄ" Saurashtra Letter I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꢄ
U+A884 "ꢄ" Saurashtra Letter I is a character from the Saurashtra script, which is historically used to write the Saurashtra language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Saurashtra community in Tamil Nadu, India. This specific character represents the independent vowel sound "i" (as in "sit"). In the Saurashtra script, letters are typically written from left to right, and this vowel appears in its standalone form when it begins a syllable or word, diverging from the dependent vowel signs used when attached to consonants. It holds cultural and linguistic significance for the Saurashtra people, helping preserve their distinct written tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A884 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Saurashtra Letter I |
| Block | Saurashtra |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꢄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꢄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA2 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA884 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A884 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua884 |