U+A8EE "꣮" Combining Devanagari Letter Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A8EE "꣮" Combining Devanagari Letter Pa is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to modify the sound of a base character by attaching above it, representing a consonantal element that typically corresponds to the Sanskrit consonant "pa" in a combined form. This combining character is part of the Devanagari Extended block and is often employed in scholarly or liturgical texts to denote a special phonetic or grammatical function, such as in the transcription of Vedic accents or in the representation of complex conjuncts where the standalone letter for "pa" is reduced to a superscript sign. Unlike regular Devanagari letters that stand alone, this mark is designed to visually merge with an existing character, allowing for precise encoding of historical or technical writing without breaking the continuous flow of the script.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
꣮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
꣮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0xA3 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA8EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A8EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua8ee |
Unicode Properties