This is the Unicode character COMBINING DEVANAGARI LETTER NA, code point U+A8ED (decimal 43245) in the Devanagari Extended block, added in Unicode 5.2. In HTML write ꣭, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EA A3 AD.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+A8ED |
| Decimal | 43245 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA A3 AD |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | A8ED |
| UTF-32 | 0000A8ED |
| HTML decimal | ꣭ |
| HTML hex | ꣭ |
| CSS | \A8ED |
| JavaScript | \uA8ED |
| JSON | \uA8ED |
| Python | \uA8ED |
| Python by name | \N{COMBINING DEVANAGARI LETTER NA} |
| Java, C# | \uA8ED |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A8ED} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uA8ED |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EA%A3%AD |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | COMBINING DEVANAGARI LETTER NA |
| Code point | U+A8ED (decimal 43245) |
| Block | Devanagari Extended (U+A8E0–U+A8FF) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Devanagari |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 230 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 5.2 |
Nearby in Devanagari Extended
- U+A8E5 Combining Devanagari Digit Five
- U+A8E6 Combining Devanagari Digit Six
- U+A8E7 Combining Devanagari Digit Seven
- U+A8E8 Combining Devanagari Digit Eight
- U+A8E9 Combining Devanagari Digit Nine
- U+A8EA Combining Devanagari Letter A
- U+A8EB Combining Devanagari Letter U
- U+A8EC Combining Devanagari Letter Ka
- U+A8EE Combining Devanagari Letter Pa
- U+A8EF Combining Devanagari Letter Ra
- U+A8F0 Combining Devanagari Letter Vi
- U+A8F1 Combining Devanagari Sign Avagraha
- ꣲ U+A8F2 Devanagari Sign Spacing Candrabindu
- ꣳ U+A8F3 Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Virama
- ꣴ U+A8F4 Devanagari Sign Double Candrabindu Virama
- ꣵ U+A8F5 Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Two
All 32 characters: Devanagari Extended.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for COMBINING DEVANAGARI LETTER NA?
- Use ꣭ (decimal) or ꣭ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+A8ED?
- EA A3 AD (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EA%A3%AD.
- How do I write U+A8ED in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uA8ED. Python: \uA8ED.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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