What ᬘ means
A consonant cluster changes how ca is written.
Balinese ca belongs to aksara Bali. Like other Balinese consonants, ᬘ carries an inherent a unless a vowel mark changes it or adeg adeg (the vowel-suppressing sign) removes it. In a cluster, adeg adeg may disappear as the next consonant forms a stacked gantungan; a Unicode-aware font shapes that joined form.
The letter's job is spelling; the script records literature, agreements, knowledge, and ritual texts.
A lone ᬘ identifies a consonant; its word-level reading depends on neighboring letters and marks.
Read it with its word; alone, it does not name a complete word.
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Who writes ᬘ
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Questions people ask
1Why does Balinese ca look different in a word?
A consonant cluster can change its displayed form. Adeg adeg suppresses the first consonant's inherent vowel and may combine with the next letter as a stacked gantungan.
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How to type or find ᬘ
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- aksara Bali · Balinese ca · gantungan · adeg adeg · Kawi script
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ᬘ\1B18Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.