U+11709 "𑜉" Ahom Letter Ma Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑜉

U+11709 "𑜉" Ahom Letter Ma is a glyph from the Ahom script, a Brahmic writing system historically used to write the Ahom language, an extinct Tai language once spoken in the Assam region of northeastern India. This character represents the sound "ma" and is part of a script that was primarily employed for recording chronicles, religious texts, and historical manuscripts of the Ahom kingdom, which flourished from the 13th to the 19th century. Today, efforts are underway to revive the Ahom script and language through scholarly research and Unicode standardization, ensuring that this letter, like others in the block, remains accessible for digital preservation and linguistic study.

General Properties

Code Point U+11709
Version Added 8.0
Name Ahom Letter Ma
Block Ahom
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑜉
HTML Hex Encoding 𑜉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x9C 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDF09
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011709
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\udf09

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Ahom
Script Extensions Ahom
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter