U+11A72 "𑩲" Soyombo Letter Ba Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑩲
U+11A72 "𑩲" Soyombo Letter Ba is a glyph from the Soyombo script, an abugida historically used to write Mongolian, Tibetan, and Sanskrit texts within Buddhist contexts. This specific character represents the syllable "ba" and is part of a distinctive script invented in the 17th century by the Mongolian Buddhist monk and scholar Zanabazar, who sought to create a universal writing system for his faith. The Soyombo alphabet is notable for its ornate, rounded shapes and its use in sacred and ceremonial inscriptions, though it is rarely used in modern everyday writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11A72 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Soyombo Letter Ba |
| Block | Soyombo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑩲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑩲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA9 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDE72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011A72 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\ude72 |