What ꢡ means
Use a Unicode-aware editor with a Saurashtra font and input method.
Azhagi’s Unicode phonetic method, documented as of 2026, uses the Pagul font in a Unicode-aware editor. Press CtrlF10 to activate it, then type through the phonetic layout with Latin letters.
What does ꢡ mean?
It marks the ta consonant in Saurashtra spelling.
Saurashtra is an Indo-European language related to Gujarati and has also been written with Tamil, Telugu and Devanagari scripts; ꢡ specifically belongs to its own script.
Like many South Asian scripts, Saurashtra normally gives a consonant a built-in vowel; a mark called virama cancels it. A 1944 account distinguishes one Saurashtra script used in 1880 from a later form used around 1890 to 1908; Unicode describes the modernized script as developed in the 1880s. Together, these accounts trace a print reform: older forms joined consonants, while modern Saurashtra visibly marks the vowel’s removal.
Neutral in Saurashtra text; the word around it supplies the meaning.
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Who writes ꢡ
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꢡ show as a square?
A missing Saurashtra font is usually the cause. A 2011 web-support report documented squares or question marks when systems lacked the needed font; this is a rendering-support problem.
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How to type or find ꢡ
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- Sourashtra ta · Sourashtra script · Pagul font · Azhagi+ Unicode input · Saurashtra keyboard · Saurashtra font
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ꢡ\A8A1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.