What ꢰ means
It is the retroflex s (ṣa) consonant of the Saurashtra alphabet.
Retroflex means the tongue curls back. The alphabet emerged in late 19th century printing for Saurashtri, spoken in Tamil Nadu.
It still marks community identity on invitations and signboards; Tamil and Devanagari took over everyday print in the 20th century.
Specialist; it signals Saurashtri heritage.
Not a decorative S.
Part of the collection
Who writes ꢰ
Loading…
Don't confuse it with
2
Related characters
3
Questions people ask
1Why does ꢰ show as a box?
Your font lacks Saurashtra coverage; in a browser, pick a supporting font.
More like this
9
How to type or find ꢰ
- Search it as
- ssa · ṣa · saurashtra · sourashtra · saurashtri · retroflex
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ꢰCSS
\A8B0Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꢰ
HTML hex
ꢰ
CSS content
content: "\A8B0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%A2%B0
1
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.