U+A9AB "ꦫ" Javanese Letter Ra Unicode Character

U+A9AB "ꦫ" Javanese Letter Ra is an essential consonant in the Javanese script, representing the sound "ra" as part of the traditional Aksara Jawa writing system used primarily for the Javanese language on the Indonesian island of Java. This character, belonging to the Javanese Unicode block, functions as the 14th consonant in the script's standard ordering and can be modified by diacritical marks called sandhangan to alter its inherent vowel sound. It is also notable for its distinct form, which differs from the similar-looking Sundanese script character, and it appears in both historical manuscripts and modern digital texts to write words such as "loro" meaning two and "kraton" meaning palace.