U+11A5D "𑩝" Soyombo Letter Kha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑩝

U+11A5D "𑩝" Soyombo Letter Kha is a script symbol representing the aspirated consonant sound "kha" in the Soyombo alphabet, an abugida invented in the late 17th century by the Mongolian Buddhist monk and scholar Zanabazar. This character is part of the Soyombo block within Unicode, which was added in 2017 as part of version 10.0 to preserve and digitally encode the historic script used primarily for Mongolian, Tibetan, and Sanskrit religious texts. The Soyombo Letter Kha is distinguished by its ornate, flowing calligraphic design, reflecting the script's ceremonial and decorative use in Buddhist manuscripts and temple inscriptions. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that researchers, linguists, and digital archivists can accurately represent and study this rare but culturally significant writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+11A5D
Version Added 10.0
Name Soyombo Letter Kha
Block Soyombo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑩝
HTML Hex Encoding 𑩝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xA9 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD806 0xDE5D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011A5D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud806\ude5d

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