What 𑌔 means
It is the independent Grantha letter for the Sanskrit au vowel.
Use it when the vowel begins a syllable; after a consonant, Grantha uses a dependent AU sign.
Grantha also shaped Malayalam writing
Grantha grew from Brahmi, an older South Asian script, under Pallava rulers of South India. Inscriptions on copper plates attest it in the fifth–sixth centuries CE. It marked Sanskrit’s voicing (vocal-cord vibration) and aspiration (a puff of air), which Tamil writing did not distinguish. Later inscriptions and manuscripts mixed Grantha and Tamil letters.
Its western branch, Arya Ezhuthu, was used to write Malayalam in the latter seventeenth century; modern Malayalam script developed from Grantha.
A letter for written Grantha.
On Windows, without a Grantha font this may show as a box; app fallback is not assured.
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Who writes 𑌔
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Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𑌔 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 𑌔
- Search it as
- grantha au · grantha script · arya ezhuthu
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑌔\11314Codes and encoding1 code points
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