What ॸ means
Use Unicode hex input: 0978 on Linux; 978 on Windows.
On Linux, hold CtrlShift, press U, type 0978, then release the keys. Where Windows hexadecimal Alt input is enabled, hold Alt, press , type 978, then release Alt. HTML markup accepts the numeric character reference ॸ.
A font may draw ॸ differently or show a missing-glyph box. Devanagari's appearance depends on the font and application; a different drawing does not change the character.
What sound does ॸ write?
The Marwari DDA sound is a curled-back d. The tongue tip bends back, briefly blocks the airflow, then releases; linguists call this a retroflex d.
In broader Devanagari, ड writes that same stop; Hindi and allied orthographies use ड़ for a quick tongue-tap variant. ॸ is a distinct regional spelling choice for Marwari and other Rajasthani writing.
The earliest written examples cited in the encoding proposal appear in George Grierson's 1908 survey of regional languages in India: ॸावडा (“sons”) and मंॸोर, the place name Mandor. In print in the early 20th century, Marwari printers sometimes used म, the Devanagari letter for m, when a metal punch for ॸ was unavailable. The proposal considers descent from Sharada DDA through Rajasthan's Landa scripts a plausible ancestor path, but it is not proven.
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Who writes ॸ
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Don't confuse it with
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ड़ The nukta-marked letter represents a quick tongue-tap variant in Hindi and allied orthographies; it does not replace ॸ's Marwari retroflex stop.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ॸ 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 ॸ
- Search it as
- marwari dda · rajasthani dda · devanagari dda · retroflex d
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ॸ\0978ॸ in markup.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.