U+11A7A "𑩺" Soyombo Letter -A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑩺
U+11A7A "𑩺" Soyombo Letter -A is a glyph from the Soyombo script, an abugida created in the late 17th century by the Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar for writing Mongolian, Tibetan, and Sanskrit. This specific character represents the vowel sound "a" and belongs to the Soyombo alphabet, which is noted for its highly ornate, calligraphic style and its use primarily in Buddhist and historical contexts rather than in everyday modern communication. The Soyombo script is also culturally significant as the source of the Soyombo symbol found on the flag of Mongolia, with individual letters like U+11A7A playing a role in preserving the unique typographic heritage of the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11A7A |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Soyombo Letter -A |
| Block | Soyombo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑩺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑩺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA9 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDE7A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011A7A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\ude7a |