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ꡊ

phags-pa letter da

Phags-pa Letter Da

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ꡊ is the Phags-pa letter da: its consonant carries an inherent a vowel. The script was devised for the Mongol empire and later took on a decorative role in Tibet. Its Tibetan counterpart is ད.

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What ꡊ means

It can represent the syllable da.

The Tibetan monk Phags-pa Lama devised the script at Khubilai Khan’s request. In 1269, the Mongol empire proclaimed it a national script for Mongolian, Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Sanskrit.

Phags-pa letters joined into syllables along a vertical stroke, following Mongolian writing. After the Yuan dynasty fell in 1368, the script stopped being used for Chinese and Mongolian. In Tibet, a decorative style called hor-yig developed by the late 16th century for seals, book covers, and buildings.

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Who writes ꡊ

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Questions people ask

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Why does ꡊ show as a box?

A font or app without Phags-pa support may show a missing-glyph box. Use one with support for the script.

How to type or find ꡊ

Search it as
phags-pa · phagspa
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType A84A, then AltX to get ꡊ.
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 “phags-pa letter da”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType a84a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꡊ
CSS
\A84A
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꡊ
HTML hex
ꡊ
CSS content
content: "\A84A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%A1%8A
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
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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Himalayan & Central Asian653 symbols