U+11C26 "ð‘°¦" Bhaiksuki Letter Ma Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+11C26 "ð‘°¦" Bhaiksuki Letter Ma is a glyph representing the syllable "ma" in the Bhaiksuki script, a historical Brahmic writing system used primarily in Tibet and surrounding regions from around the 11th to 13th centuries CE for writing Sanskrit and other languages. This character is part of the Bhaiksuki block within Unicode, which was officially added to the standard in version 9.0 released in 2016, and it functions as a consonant letter, typically carrying the inherent vowel "a" unless modified by diacritics. The Bhaiksuki script itself is known for its angular, rounded forms and was often employed in Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions, making this letter an essential component for representing the phoneme "m" in texts of religious and historical significance.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C26
Version Added 9.0
Name Bhaiksuki Letter Ma
Block Bhaiksuki
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑰦
HTML Hex Encoding 𑰦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC26
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C26
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc26

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 Bhaiksuki
Script Extensions Bhaiksuki
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter