U+11A7B "ð‘©»" Soyombo Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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
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