What 𑖋 means
It marks Sanskrit’s independent vowel ai.
Siddham, a Brahmi-derived script (Brahmi is an older South Asian script), arose around the 5th century. North Indian inscriptions show a regional Siddhamātrikā or Kuṭila style mainly from the 6th–10th centuries; from the 8th century, it branched into Sharada, Gauḍī (Proto-Bengali), and Nāgarī. Buddhist texts carried it to China, Korea, and Japan. As of 2026, Japanese Shingon and Tendai Buddhists use it in mantras and deity-linked seed syllables.
Liturgical.
Ritual context supplies deity or mantra meaning, not the letter alone.
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Who writes 𑖋
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Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𑖋 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.
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How to type or find 𑖋
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- Siddham ai · Bonji · Shittan · Siddham font · Bonji input
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑖋\1158Bai maps to 𑖋 in bonji-input. As of 2026, display needs a Siddham font and app support.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.