What 𑀊 means
It represents a sustained “oo” sound, like in “food.”
After a consonant, use 𑀽: in 𑀓𑀽, the sign follows the consonant. For short u, Brahmi has 𑀉.
The Indian ruler Ashoka issued public edicts—official orders—in Brahmi in the third century BCE. Anuradhapura pottery in Sri Lanka may be older, but dating it to the sixth to early fourth centuries BCE is debated. Brahmi appears on ownership and donor records and in religious texts. Regional forms included Gupta; later descendants include Devanagari and Tamil scripts.
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4Questions people ask
1Why does 𑀊 show as a box?
The font lacks a Brahmi glyph, so it cannot draw the letter.
How to type 𑀊
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1100A, then Alt+X to get 𑀊.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “brahmi letter uu”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1100a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𑀊CSS
\1100ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𑀊
HTML hex
𑀊
CSS content
content: "\1100A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%91%80%8A
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On screen
1
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.