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 |