U+A8EF "꣯" Combining Devanagari Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꣯
U+A8EF "꣯" Combining Devanagari Letter Ra is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script, primarily for transcribing Sanskrit and other languages written in this script. It appears as a superscript or attached sign that modifies a base consonant, representing the sound "ra" without a vowel, often employed in conjuncts or as a reph (a special form of "ra") to indicate a preceding or following "r" sound within a consonant cluster. This character is part of the Devanagari Extended block and is typically positioned above or attached to the left side of a consonant letter, enabling accurate phonetic representation in scholarly and liturgical texts without changing the main consonant's inherent form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A8EF |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Combining Devanagari Letter Ra |
| Block | Devanagari Extended |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꣯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꣯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA3 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA8EF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A8EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua8ef |