꣺ is the Unicode character DEVANAGARI CARET, code point U+A8FA (decimal 43258) in the Devanagari Extended block, added in Unicode 5.2. In HTML write ꣺, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EA A3 BA.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+A8FA |
| Decimal | 43258 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA A3 BA |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | A8FA |
| UTF-32 | 0000A8FA |
| HTML decimal | ꣺ |
| HTML hex | ꣺ |
| CSS | \A8FA |
| JavaScript | \uA8FA |
| JSON | \uA8FA |
| Python | \uA8FA |
| Python by name | \N{DEVANAGARI CARET} |
| Java, C# | \uA8FA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A8FA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uA8FA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EA%A3%BA |
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 | DEVANAGARI CARET |
| Code point | U+A8FA (decimal 43258) |
| Block | Devanagari Extended (U+A8E0–U+A8FF) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Devanagari |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 5.2 |
Nearby in Devanagari Extended
- 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
- ꣶ U+A8F6 Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Three
- ꣷ U+A8F7 Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Avagraha
- ꣸ U+A8F8 Devanagari Sign Pushpika
- ꣹ U+A8F9 Devanagari Gap Filler
- ꣻ U+A8FB Devanagari Headstroke
- ꣼ U+A8FC Devanagari Sign Siddham
- ꣽ U+A8FD Devanagari Jain Om
- ꣾ U+A8FE Devanagari Letter Ay
- U+A8FF Devanagari Vowel Sign Ay
All 32 characters: Devanagari Extended.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ꣺?
- Use ꣺ (decimal) or ꣺ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+A8FA?
- EA A3 BA (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EA%A3%BA.
- How do I write U+A8FA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uA8FA. Python: \uA8FA.
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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