U+A8B4 "ꢴ" Saurashtra Consonant Sign Haaru Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A8B4 "ꢴ" Saurashtra Consonant Sign Haaru is a special diacritical mark used in the Saurashtra script, which is employed to write the Saurashtra language primarily spoken in parts of Tamil Nadu, India. This character functions as a superscript sign that represents the inherent vowel "a" being suppressed in a consonant, effectively indicating a halant or vowel killer to form conjunct consonant clusters. It is distinct from the regular consonant letters of the script and is placed above the base consonant to modify its phonetic reading, playing a crucial role in accurately representing the language's syllabic structure. The Saurashtra script was added to the Unicode Standard in version 6.0, with Haaru being one of its essential combining marks for proper orthography.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꢴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꢴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0xA2 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA8B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A8B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua8b4 |
Unicode Properties