U+A88C "ꢌ" Saurashtra Letter E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꢌ
U+A88C "ꢌ" Saurashtra Letter E is a glyph from the Saurashtra script, a Brahmi-derived alphasyllabary historically used to write the Saurashtra language in parts of southern India. This specific character represents the vowel sound "e" in the Saurashtra writing system, functioning as an independent letter that appears at the beginning of syllables or words where no preceding consonant is attached. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Saurashtra block, which was added to support the digital representation of this minority language and its unique script, helping to preserve and facilitate written communication for modern Saurashtra speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A88C |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Saurashtra Letter E |
| Block | Saurashtra |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꢌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꢌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA2 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA88C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A88C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua88c |