What 𑀔 means
Brahmi consonants carry a short vowel even when none is written.
A vowel sign changes that built-in a; a virama mark cancels it.
How did Brahmi reach other scripts?
Later regional forms gave rise to scripts such as Devanagari and Tamil.
Brahmi’s origin is debated: proposals link it to West Asian writing or local marks on South Asian pottery and rock. It was adapted for Tamil, a South Indian language, and for Iranian and now-extinct Tocharian languages in Central Asia. Kharoṣṭhī was a separate northwest script.
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Who writes 𑀔
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𑀔 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𑀔
- Search it as
- kha sound · aspirated k · Brahmi kha · 𑀔 pronunciation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𑀔CSS
\11014Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𑀔
HTML hex
𑀔
CSS content
content: "\11014";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%91%80%94
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.