Dogra Letter Ddha

It is the Dogra consonant letter ddha.

Dogra akhhar is an abugida: its consonant letters normally carry an unwritten vowel. Vowel signs change that vowel, and a virama suppresses it, so 𑠗 works as part of a written syllable.

By itself, 𑠗 is a sample of the letter or a script reference, not a complete word.

Was 𑠗 made for Unicode?

No; it belongs to a much older writing tradition.

Dogra was used to write Dogri in Jammu by the 17th century. It is a Brahmi-based script closely related to Takri; Takri developed from the Sharada script through Devāśeṣa, an intermediate form.

In the 1860s, Jammu and Kashmir ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh standardized New Dogra, a modified form of Takri shaped more like Devanagari and Gurmukhi; Old Dogra continued in use. Dogra served administration, trade, letters, and literature, and appeared on records, stamps, and currency. The first book printed in standard Dogra was a Dogri translation of a Sanskrit mathematics treatise, published in Jammu in 1872.

As of 2026, Dogri is usually written in Devanagari, while Dogra appears mainly in historical material, study, and revival work.

Why does 𑠗 look different?

The Unicode reference glyph follows New Dogra.

The visible shape depends on the font. Historical Old Dogra forms differ in letter shapes and in how they write consonant clusters. If 𑠗 appears as a box, the font or app lacks Dogra coverage.