What ꢎ means
ꢎ is the independent Saurashtra letter for the vowel ai.
It appears when that vowel begins a word or syllable. The related sign marks ai on a consonant, so the two forms have different positions in Saurashtra spelling.
How did Saurashtra writing develop?
The letter belongs to the Brahmic family of scripts.
An 1876 Saurashtra primer and Sourashtranadhi, a book printed in 1880, are early printed witnesses. In the 1880s, the modern script was reorganized and older conjuncts—joined forms of consonants—were simplified.
Brahmic is a broad South Asian writing tradition. Its direct parent script is uncertain as of 2026. A 2003 community description records Saurashtra writing on wedding invitations, signboards, and sacred material. The language has also been written in Tamil, Telugu, and Devanagari scripts, so ꢎ is one way to write it.
Language-specific writing; a lone character in chat gives little context beyond its letter value.
On its own, it may look like a display glitch; add a brief gloss if the reader may not know the script.
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Who writes ꢎ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIndependent vowel labeled ai in Saurashtra spelling.
Don't confuse it with
1This sign attaches to a consonant; ꢎ is the independent letter.
Questions people ask
1Why does ꢎ show as a box?
It can. If the active font lacks Saurashtra coverage, the app may display a missing-glyph box; switch to a font that supports the script.
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How to type or find ꢎ
- Also called
- Saurashtra ai · Sourashtra ai
- Search it as
- saurashtri ai · saurashtra ai vowel · saurashtra script · sourashtra script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ꢎ\A88ECodes and encoding1 code points
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