U+11A5C "𑩜" Soyombo Letter Ka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑩜

U+11A5C "𑩜" Soyombo Letter Ka is a glyph representing the consonant "ka" within the Soyombo script, an abugida historically used to write Mongolian and Tibetan, and notably invented by the Buddhist monk and scholar Zanabazar in the 17th century. This script is renowned for its elaborate and decorative style, often employed in religious and ceremonial contexts, and the letter Ka itself embodies this intricate design with its distinctive curves and vertical stem. The character belongs to the Soyombo block of the Unicode Standard, which was encoded to preserve and digitally represent this unique script, ensuring its continued study and use in modern typography and historical documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+11A5C
Version Added 10.0
Name Soyombo Letter Ka
Block Soyombo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑩜
HTML Hex Encoding 𑩜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xA9 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD806 0xDE5C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011A5C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud806\ude5c

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 Alphabetic
Script Soyombo
Script Extensions Soyombo
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter