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𑊘

multani letter da

Multani letter da

𑊘 is Multani’s letter da, a consonant in historical Seraiki writing. The script served trade and recordkeeping before Arabic-script standardization displaced it.

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Multani da · da in Multani · Multani script · Karikki · Sarai · Seraiki script · Landa letter da · Multani Gurmukhi letter
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What 𑊘 means

It represents the consonant d in Multani writing. Multani script developed from Landa, a family of regional scripts, in the 18th century; it is also called Karikki or Sarai. It was used to write Seraiki, a language of Punjab and northern Sindh, and is related to Gurmukhi, more distantly to Khudawadi and Khojki.

Merchants used it for routine records and trade. A Baptist missionary press made metal type for Christian literature; in 1819 it printed the first Multani book, a New Testament. British adoption of Arabic script for Sindh languages in the latter 19th century displaced Multani from general use, though it continued into the 20th century.

The Unicode Standard 17.0 gives no standard form for Multani: its representative glyphs are based on the 1819 printed New Testament, while handwritten forms vary. Fonts may draw 𑊘 differently without changing its identity.

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𑊘 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.

How to type 𑊘

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 11298, then Alt+X to get 𑊘.
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 “multani letter da”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 11298, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𑊘
CSS
\11298
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𑊘
HTML hex
𑊘
CSS content
content: "\11298";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%91%8A%98
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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.

Families this belongs to

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