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Letter "Ḍa" in Indic scripts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ḍa (also romanized as Dda) is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ḍa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other cerebral consonants, ḍa is not found in most scripts for Tai, Sino-Tibetan, and other non-Indic languages, except for a few scripts, which retain these letters for transcribing Sanskrit religious terms.
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Ḍa | |
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Example glyphs | |
Bengali–Assamese | |
Tibetan | ཌ |
Thai | ฑ |
Malayalam | ഡ |
Sinhala | ඩ |
Ashoka Brahmi | |
Devanagari | |
Cognates | |
Hebrew | ד |
Greek | Δ |
Latin | D |
Cyrillic | Д |
Properties | |
Phonemic representation | /ɖ/ /ɗ/B /d/C /tʰ/D |
IAST transliteration | ḍ Ḍ |
ISCII code point | BF (191) |
^B in Khmer and Mon ^C in Burmese, Northern Thai, Tai Lü, Tai Khün, Lao ^D in Thai |
Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of ठ are:[1]
There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Ḍa as found in standard Brahmi, was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta . The Tocharian Ḍa did not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form. The third form of ḍa, in Kharoshthi () was probably derived from Aramaic separately from the Brahmi letter.
The Brahmi letter , Ḍa, is probably derived from the altered Aramaic Dalet , and is thus related to the modern Latin D and Greek Delta.[2] Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Ḍa can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period.[3] As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the Edicts of Ashoka and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style.
Ashoka (3rd-1st c. BCE) | Girnar (~150 BCE) | Kushana (~150-250 CE) | Gujarat (~250 CE) | Gupta (~350 CE) |
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The Tocharian letter is derived from the Brahmi , but does not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form.
The Kharoṣṭhī letter is generally accepted as being derived from the altered Aramaic Dalet , and is thus related to D and Delta, in addition to the Brahmi Ḍa.[2]
Ḍa (ड) is a consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , after having gone through the Gupta letter . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ડ, and the Modi letter 𑘚.
In all languages, ड is pronounced as [ɖə] or [ɖ] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:
Ḍa | Ḍā | Ḍi | Ḍī | Ḍu | Ḍū | Ḍr | Ḍr̄ | Ḍl | Ḍl̄ | Ḍe | Ḍai | Ḍo | Ḍau | Ḍ |
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ड | डा | डि | डी | डु | डू | डृ | डॄ | डॢ | डॣ | डे | डै | डो | डौ | ड् |
Devanagari exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts. In modern Devanagari texts, most conjuncts are formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". Some conjunct clusters are always represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters. Vertically stacked conjuncts are ubiquitous in older texts, while only a few are still used routinely in modern Devanagari texts. Lacking a vertical stem to drop for making a half form, Ḍa either forms a stacked conjunct/ligature, or uses its full form with Virama. The use of ligatures and vertical conjuncts may vary across languages using the Devanagari script, with Marathi in particular avoiding their use where other languages would use them.[4]
True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Devanagari are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra. Nepali and Marathi texts use the "eyelash" Ra half form for an initial "R" instead of repha.
Vertically stacked ligatures are the most common conjunct forms found in Devanagari text. Although the constituent characters may need to be stretched and moved slightly in order to stack neatly, stacked conjuncts can be broken down into recognizable base letters, or a letter and an otherwise standard ligature.
The Bengali script ড is derived from the Siddhaṃ , and is marked by a similar horizontal head line, but less geometric shape, than its Devanagari counterpart, ड. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter ড will sometimes be transliterated as "ḍo" instead of "ḍa". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, gives a reading of /d̳o/. Like all Indic consonants, ড can be modified by marks to indicate another (or no) vowel than its inherent "a".
ḍa | ḍā | ḍi | ḍī | ḍu | ḍū | ḍr | ḍr̄ | ḍe | ḍai | ḍo | ḍau | ḍ |
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ড | ডা | ডি | ডী | ডু | ডূ | ডৃ | ডৄ | ডে | ডৈ | ডো | ডৌ | ড্ |
ড is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.
Bengali ড exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts, with a tendency towards stacked ligatures.[5]
Ḍa (ડ) is the thirteenth consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the Devanagari Ḍa with the top bar (shiro rekha) removed, and ultimately the Brahmi letter .
The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, ડ is pronounced as [ɖə] or [ɖ] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:
Gujarati ડ exhibits conjunct ligatures, much like its parent Devanagari Script. While most Gujarati conjuncts can only be formed by reducing the letter shape to create a "half form" that fits tightly to following letter, Ḍa does not have a half form. A few conjunct clusters can be represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters, and vertically stacked conjuncts can also be found in Gujarati, although much less commonly than in Devanagari. Lacking a half form, Ḍa will normally use an explicit virama when forming conjuncts without a true ligature. True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Gujarati are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra.
Ḍa (డ) is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter . It is closely related to the Kannada letter ಡ. Most Telugu consonants contain a v-shaped headstroke that is related to the horizontal headline found in other Indic scripts, although headstrokes do not connect adjacent letters in Telugu. The headstroke is normally lost when adding vowel matras. Telugu conjuncts are created by reducing trailing letters to a subjoined form that appears below the initial consonant of the conjunct. Many subjoined forms are created by dropping their headline, with many extending the end of the stroke of the main letter body to form an extended tail reaching up to the right of the preceding consonant. This subjoining of trailing letters to create conjuncts is in contrast to the leading half forms of Devanagari and Bengali letters. Ligature conjuncts are not a feature in Telugu, with the only non-standard construction being an alternate subjoined form of Ṣa (borrowed from Kannada) in the KṢa conjunct.
Ḍa (ഡ) is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Grantha letter Ḍa. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.
As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.
Ḍa (ଡ) is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Siddhaṃ letter Ḍa. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.
Ḍa | Ḍā | Ḍi | Ḍī | Ḍu | Ḍū | Ḍr̥ | Ḍr̥̄ | Ḍl̥ | Ḍl̥̄ | Ḍe | Ḍai | Ḍo | Ḍau | Ḍ |
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ଡ | ଡା | ଡି | ଡୀ | ଡୁ | ଡୂ | ଡୃ | ଡୄ | ଡୢ | ଡୣ | ଡେ | ଡୈ | ଡୋ | ଡୌ | ଡ୍ |
As is common in Indic scripts, Odia joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a small subjoined form of trailing consonants. Most consonants' subjoined forms are identical to the full form, just reduced in size, although a few drop the curved headline or have a subjoined form not directly related to the full form of the consonant. The second type of conjunct formation is through pure ligatures, where the constituent consonants are written together in a single graphic form. This ligature may be recognizable as being a combination of two characters or it can have a conjunct ligature unrelated to its constituent characters.
Ḍa (𑂙) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Siddhaṃ letter Ḍa. Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.
Ḍa | Ḍā | Ḍi | Ḍī | Ḍu | Ḍū | Ḍe | Ḍai | Ḍo | Ḍau | Ḍ |
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𑂙 | 𑂙𑂰 | 𑂙𑂱 | 𑂙𑂲 | 𑂙𑂳 | 𑂙𑂴 | 𑂙𑂵 | 𑂙𑂶 | 𑂙𑂷 | 𑂙𑂸 | 𑂙𑂹 |
As is common in Indic scripts, Kaithi joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a half form of preceding consonants, although several consonants use an explicit virama. Most half forms are derived from the full form by removing the vertical stem. As is common in most Indic scripts, conjucts of ra are indicated with a repha or rakar mark attached to the rest of the consonant cluster. In addition, there are a few vertical conjuncts that can be found in Kaithi writing, but true ligatures are not used in the modern Kaithi script.
Ṛa (𑂚) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida derived from 𑂙 Ḍa. Ṛa acts
Ṛa | Ṛā | Ṛi | Ṛī | Ṛu | Ṛū | Ṛe | Ṛai | Ṛo | Ṛau | Ṛ |
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𑂚 | 𑂚𑂰 | 𑂚𑂱 | 𑂚𑂲 | 𑂚𑂳 | 𑂚𑂴 | 𑂚𑂵 | 𑂚𑂶 | 𑂚𑂷 | 𑂚𑂸 | 𑂚𑂹 |
As is common in Indic scripts, Kaithi joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a half form of preceding consonants, although several consonants use an explicit virama. Most half forms are derived from the full form by removing the vertical stem. As is common in most Indic scripts, conjucts of ra are indicated with a repha or rakar mark attached to the rest of the consonant cluster. In addition, there are a few vertical conjuncts that can be found in Kaithi writing, but true ligatures are not used in the modern Kaithi script.
The various Indic scripts are generally related to each other through adaptation and borrowing, and as such the glyphs for cognate letters, including Ḍa, are related as well.
Most Indic scripts are encoded in the Unicode Standard, and as such the letter Ḍa in those scripts can be represented in plain text with unique codepoint. Ḍa from several modern-use scripts can also be found in legacy encodings, such as ISCII.
Preview | డ | ଡ | ಡ | ഡ | ડ | ਡ | ||||||||||
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Unicode name | DEVANAGARI LETTER DDA | BENGALI LETTER DDA | TELUGU LETTER DDA | ORIYA LETTER DDA | KANNADA LETTER DDA | MALAYALAM LETTER DDA | GUJARATI LETTER DDA | GURMUKHI LETTER DDA | ||||||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 2337 | U+0921 | 2465 | U+09A1 | 3105 | U+0C21 | 2849 | U+0B21 | 3233 | U+0CA1 | 3361 | U+0D21 | 2721 | U+0AA1 | 2593 | U+0A21 |
UTF-8 | 224 164 161 | E0 A4 A1 | 224 166 161 | E0 A6 A1 | 224 176 161 | E0 B0 A1 | 224 172 161 | E0 AC A1 | 224 178 161 | E0 B2 A1 | 224 180 161 | E0 B4 A1 | 224 170 161 | E0 AA A1 | 224 168 161 | E0 A8 A1 |
Numeric character reference | ड | ड | ড | ড | డ | డ | ଡ | ଡ | ಡ | ಡ | ഡ | ഡ | ડ | ડ | ਡ | ਡ |
ISCII | 191 | BF | 191 | BF | 191 | BF | 191 | BF | 191 | BF | 191 | BF | 191 | BF | 191 | BF |
Preview | 𐨜 | 𑌡 | ||||||
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Unicode name | BRAHMI LETTER DDA | KHAROSHTHI LETTER DDA | SIDDHAM LETTER DDA | GRANTHA LETTER DDA | ||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 69663 | U+1101F | 68124 | U+10A1C | 71066 | U+1159A | 70433 | U+11321 |
UTF-8 | 240 145 128 159 | F0 91 80 9F | 240 144 168 156 | F0 90 A8 9C | 240 145 150 154 | F0 91 96 9A | 240 145 140 161 | F0 91 8C A1 |
UTF-16 | 55300 56351 | D804 DC1F | 55298 56860 | D802 DE1C | 55301 56730 | D805 DD9A | 55300 57121 | D804 DF21 |
Numeric character reference | 𑀟 | 𑀟 | 𐨜 | 𐨜 | 𑖚 | 𑖚 | 𑌡 | 𑌡 |
Preview | ཌ | ྜ | ꡫ | 𑨖 | 𑐜 | 𑰚 | 𑆝 | |||||||
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Unicode name | TIBETAN LETTER DDA | TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DDA | PHAGS-PA LETTER DDA | ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER DDA | NEWA LETTER DDA | BHAIKSUKI LETTER DDA | SHARADA LETTER DDA | |||||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 3916 | U+0F4C | 3996 | U+0F9C | 43115 | U+A86B | 72214 | U+11A16 | 70684 | U+1141C | 72730 | U+11C1A | 70045 | U+1119D |
UTF-8 | 224 189 140 | E0 BD 8C | 224 190 156 | E0 BE 9C | 234 161 171 | EA A1 AB | 240 145 168 150 | F0 91 A8 96 | 240 145 144 156 | F0 91 90 9C | 240 145 176 154 | F0 91 B0 9A | 240 145 134 157 | F0 91 86 9D |
UTF-16 | 3916 | 0F4C | 3996 | 0F9C | 43115 | A86B | 55302 56854 | D806 DE16 | 55301 56348 | D805 DC1C | 55303 56346 | D807 DC1A | 55300 56733 | D804 DD9D |
Numeric character reference | ཌ | ཌ | ྜ | ྜ | ꡫ | ꡫ | 𑨖 | 𑨖 | 𑐜 | 𑐜 | 𑰚 | 𑰚 | 𑆝 | 𑆝 |
Preview | ဍ | ᨯ | ᦡ | ᦤ | ᧆ | |||||
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Unicode name | MYANMAR LETTER DDA | TAI THAM LETTER DA | NEW TAI LUE LETTER HIGH DA | NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW DA | NEW TAI LUE LETTER FINAL D | |||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 4109 | U+100D | 6703 | U+1A2F | 6561 | U+19A1 | 6564 | U+19A4 | 6598 | U+19C6 |
UTF-8 | 225 128 141 | E1 80 8D | 225 168 175 | E1 A8 AF | 225 166 161 | E1 A6 A1 | 225 166 164 | E1 A6 A4 | 225 167 134 | E1 A7 86 |
Numeric character reference | ဍ | ဍ | ᨯ | ᨯ | ᦡ | ᦡ | ᦤ | ᦤ | ᧆ | ᧆ |
Preview | ឌ | ຑ | ฑ | |||
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Unicode name | KHMER LETTER DO | LAO LETTER PALI DDA | THAI CHARACTER THO NANGMONTHO | |||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 6028 | U+178C | 3729 | U+0E91 | 3601 | U+0E11 |
UTF-8 | 225 158 140 | E1 9E 8C | 224 186 145 | E0 BA 91 | 224 184 145 | E0 B8 91 |
Numeric character reference | ឌ | ឌ | ຑ | ຑ | ฑ | ฑ |
Preview | ඩ | 𑄓 | 𑤘 | ꢞ | ꨙ | |||||
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Unicode name | SINHALA LETTER ALPAPRAANA DDAYANNA | CHAKMA LETTER DDAA | DIVES AKURU LETTER DDA | SAURASHTRA LETTER DDA | CHAM LETTER DDA | |||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 3497 | U+0DA9 | 69907 | U+11113 | 71960 | U+11918 | 43166 | U+A89E | 43545 | U+AA19 |
UTF-8 | 224 182 169 | E0 B6 A9 | 240 145 132 147 | F0 91 84 93 | 240 145 164 152 | F0 91 A4 98 | 234 162 158 | EA A2 9E | 234 168 153 | EA A8 99 |
UTF-16 | 3497 | 0DA9 | 55300 56595 | D804 DD13 | 55302 56600 | D806 DD18 | 43166 | A89E | 43545 | AA19 |
Numeric character reference | ඩ | ඩ | 𑄓 | 𑄓 | 𑤘 | 𑤘 | ꢞ | ꢞ | ꨙ | ꨙ |
Preview | 𑘚 | 𑦺 | 𑩨 | ꠒ | 𑶂 | |||||||
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Unicode name | MODI LETTER DDA | NANDINAGARI LETTER DDA | SOYOMBO LETTER DDA | SYLOTI NAGRI LETTER DDO | GUNJALA GONDI LETTER DDA | KAITHI LETTER DDA | ||||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 71194 | U+1161A | 72122 | U+119BA | 72296 | U+11A68 | 43026 | U+A812 | 73090 | U+11D82 | 69785 | U+11099 |
UTF-8 | 240 145 152 154 | F0 91 98 9A | 240 145 166 186 | F0 91 A6 BA | 240 145 169 168 | F0 91 A9 A8 | 234 160 146 | EA A0 92 | 240 145 182 130 | F0 91 B6 82 | 240 145 130 153 | F0 91 82 99 |
UTF-16 | 55301 56858 | D805 DE1A | 55302 56762 | D806 DDBA | 55302 56936 | D806 DE68 | 43026 | A812 | 55303 56706 | D807 DD82 | 55300 56473 | D804 DC99 |
Numeric character reference | 𑘚 | 𑘚 | 𑦺 | 𑦺 | 𑩨 | 𑩨 | ꠒ | ꠒ | 𑶂 | 𑶂 | 𑂙 | 𑂙 |
Preview | 𑒛 | |
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Unicode name | TIRHUTA LETTER DDA | |
Encodings | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 70811 | U+1149B |
UTF-8 | 240 145 146 155 | F0 91 92 9B |
UTF-16 | 55301 56475 | D805 DC9B |
Numeric character reference | 𑒛 | 𑒛 |
Preview | 𑚖 | 𑠖 | 𑈖 | 𑋈 | 𑅠 | 𑊒 | ||||||
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Unicode name | TAKRI LETTER DDA | DOGRA LETTER DDA | KHOJKI LETTER DDA | KHUDAWADI LETTER DDA | MAHAJANI LETTER DDA | MULTANI LETTER DDA | ||||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 71318 | U+11696 | 71702 | U+11816 | 70166 | U+11216 | 70344 | U+112C8 | 69984 | U+11160 | 70290 | U+11292 |
UTF-8 | 240 145 154 150 | F0 91 9A 96 | 240 145 160 150 | F0 91 A0 96 | 240 145 136 150 | F0 91 88 96 | 240 145 139 136 | F0 91 8B 88 | 240 145 133 160 | F0 91 85 A0 | 240 145 138 146 | F0 91 8A 92 |
UTF-16 | 55301 56982 | D805 DE96 | 55302 56342 | D806 DC16 | 55300 56854 | D804 DE16 | 55300 57032 | D804 DEC8 | 55300 56672 | D804 DD60 | 55300 56978 | D804 DE92 |
Numeric character reference | 𑚖 | 𑚖 | 𑠖 | 𑠖 | 𑈖 | 𑈖 | 𑋈 | 𑋈 | 𑅠 | 𑅠 | 𑊒 | 𑊒 |
Preview | ᬟ | ꦝ | ||
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Unicode name | BALINESE LETTER DA MURDA ALPAPRANA | JAVANESE LETTER DDA | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 6943 | U+1B1F | 43421 | U+A99D |
UTF-8 | 225 172 159 | E1 AC 9F | 234 166 157 | EA A6 9D |
Numeric character reference | ᬟ | ᬟ | ꦝ | ꦝ |
Preview | 𑴘 | |
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Unicode name | MASARAM GONDI LETTER DDA | |
Encodings | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 72984 | U+11D18 |
UTF-8 | 240 145 180 152 | F0 91 B4 98 |
UTF-16 | 55303 56600 | D807 DD18 |
Numeric character reference | 𑴘 | 𑴘 |
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