U+A88A "ꢊ" Saurashtra Letter Vocalic L Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A88A "ꢊ" Saurashtra Letter Vocalic L is a character used in the Saurashtra script, which is employed to write the Saurashtra language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat. This particular letter represents the vocalic L sound, a syllabic consonant that functions as a vowel in the language, and it is a distinct part of the Saurashtra alphabet's set of vowel symbols. The character is encoded in the Unicode Saurashtra block, which was added to support the digital representation of this minority script and its unique phonetic inventory.

General Properties

Code Point U+A88A
Version Added 5.1
Name Saurashtra Letter Vocalic L
Block Saurashtra
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꢊ
HTML Hex Encoding ꢊ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA2 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA88A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A88A
C/C++/Java Escape \ua88a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Saurashtra
Script Extensions Saurashtra
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter