U+A99D "ꦝ" Javanese Letter Dda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꦝ
U+A99D "ꦝ" Javanese Letter Dda is a glyph used in the Javanese script, an abugida primarily employed to write the Javanese language on the islands of Java, Indonesia, and it represents the retroflex voiced aspirated stop consonant sound /ɖʱa/ or, in certain regional contexts, a simple /ɖa/. This character belongs to the Javanese Unicode block and is typically positioned in the middle of a syllable, where its inherent vowel /a/ can be modified or suppressed using diacritical marks, providing a vital element for accurately transcribing the distinct phonetic and lexical features of traditional and modern Javanese texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A99D |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Letter Dda |
| Block | Javanese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꦝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꦝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA6 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA99D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A99D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua99d |