U+0FA6 "ྦ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Ba Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ྦ
U+0FA6 "ྦ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Ba is a combining mark used in the Tibetan script to indicate the consonant "ba" when it appears in a subjoined or subscript form, typically within a conjunct consonant stack. It derives from the full letter "བ" (ba) and is placed beneath a preceding base consonant to form a ligature, altering the pronunciation or syllable structure in written Tibetan. This character is part of the Tibetan block in Unicode and is essential for accurately representing Tibetan orthography, especially in religious, historical, and linguistic texts where complex consonant clusters are common.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0FA6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Subjoined Letter Ba |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ྦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ྦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBE 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0FA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000FA6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0fa6 |