U+A89E "ꢞ" Saurashtra Letter Dda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A89E "ꢞ" Saurashtra Letter Dda is a specific glyph representing a retroflex voiced stop consonant, found within the Saurashtra script block, which was historically used to write the Saurashtra language primarily in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This character corresponds to the sound similar to the retroflex 'd' in the International Phonetic Alphabet and is an essential component for accurately transcribing the phonology of the Saurashtra language, particularly in words historically borrowed from Sanskrit or other native vocabulary. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures digital preservation and representation of this minority script, enabling modern text processing and typographic support for a language that is now often written in other regional scripts like Tamil or Devanagari.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꢞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꢞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0xA2 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA89E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A89E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua89e |
Unicode Properties