What 𑖢 means
It represents pa, with the vowel “a” built in. Vowel signs change it; a virama mark cancels the “a”. Siddham grew from Gupta writing in sixth-century North India. From the eighth century, Siddhamātṛkā developed into Sharada, Proto-Bengali/Gaudi, and Nagari. Chinese monks linked Sanskrit sounds to Buddhist teaching; Siddham study waned in China after the Northern Song period. Japan’s Shingon and Tendai Buddhists use it ritually as bonji; a Kōyasan notice records study in 2024.
This is specialized Siddham writing, chiefly seen in Buddhist study and ritual.
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Who writes 𑖢
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𑖢 appear as a square?
Usually a font issue: Siddham support or Indic mark shaping is missing.
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How to type or find 𑖢
- Search it as
- siddham pa · bonji pa
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
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HTML
𑖢CSS
\115A2Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𑖢
HTML hex
𑖢
CSS content
content: "\115A2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%91%96%A2
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.