What 𑘃 means
It is the “ee” sound, briefly or held longer.
Modi generally leaves vowel length to context. It arose as an administrative script in the 16th century and served mainly Marathi, alongside Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Persian, Tamil, and Telugu. The Marathas adopted it officially in the 17th century; the oldest surviving Modi document dates from the early 17th century. In the 1950s, Balbodh, the Marathi form of Devanagari, became standard.
Why does 𑘃 sometimes look wrong?
Font support and shaping can change its appearance.
Without Modi font support, the letter may appear as a blank box; its context-dependent forms can also vary by font.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𑘃 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 𑘃
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- modi ii · modi script · modi vowel
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑘃\11603Codes and encoding1 code points
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