U+11592 "ð‘–’" Siddham Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11592 "ð‘–’" Siddham Letter Nga is a character from the Siddham script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in East Asia for writing Sanskrit and preserving Buddhist esoteric texts, particularly in Japan. This specific character represents the velar nasal consonant sound "nga," which is a foundational element in both Siddham and the broader Brahmic family of scripts. It was encoded in Unicode to support the digital study, preservation, and typographic reproduction of Siddham manuscripts and liturgical materials, allowing scholars and practitioners to accurately represent this sacred script in modern electronic environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11592 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Siddham Letter Nga |
| Block | Siddham |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑖒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑖒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x96 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDD92 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011592 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udd92 |