U+A888 "ꢈ" Saurashtra Letter Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꢈ
U+A888 "ꢈ" Saurashtra Letter Vocalic R is a character from the Saurashtra script, which was historically used to write the Saurashtra language primarily in the Tamil Nadu region of India. This specific character represents a vocalic "r" sound, functioning as a vowel rather than a consonant, and is part of a set of characters designed to accurately transcribe the phonetics of the language. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures digital preservation and enables modern text processing for the Saurashtra script, supporting linguistic and cultural heritage efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A888 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Saurashtra Letter Vocalic R |
| Block | Saurashtra |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꢈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꢈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA2 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA888 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A888 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua888 |