U+11A7B "ð‘©»" Soyombo Letter Ya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+11A7B "ð‘©»" Soyombo Letter Ya is a distinct glyph from the Soyombo script, an abugida historically used to write the Mongolian and Tibetan languages, and it represents the consonant sound "ya." This script was created in the late 17th century by the Mongolian Buddhist monk and scholar Zanabazar, and its ornate, calligraphic letters were primarily employed for religious and decorative texts, such as mantras and temple inscriptions. The letter Ya, like all Soyombo characters, exhibits a flowing, vertical structure with elaborate loops and flourishes, reflecting the script’s unique blend of Indian and Tibetan calligraphic influences. While the Soyombo script is now largely obsolete in everyday writing, this character is encoded in Unicode to preserve it for historical and linguistic research, as well as for use in digital representations of sacred manuscripts and scholarly works related to Mongolian cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+11A7B
Version Added 10.0
Name Soyombo Letter Ya
Block Soyombo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑩻
HTML Hex Encoding 𑩻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xA9 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD806 0xDE7B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011A7B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud806\ude7b

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