U+11DB5 "𑶵" Tolong Siki Letter Aa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑶵

U+11DB5 "𑶵" Tolong Siki Letter Aa is a script character used in the Tolong Siki writing system, which is employed to write the Khasi language spoken in parts of northeastern India. It represents a specific vowel sound similar to a long "a" and is part of a modern script devised in the early 21st century as an alternative to the Latin and Bengali scripts traditionally used for Khasi. This character belongs to the Tolong Siki block of the Unicode Standard, reflecting efforts to digitally encode and preserve indigenous scripts and linguistic heritage. The letter is distinguished by its unique curved and angular glyph design, which visually marks the vowel's phonetic role in the syllabic structure of the script.

General Properties

Code Point U+11DB5
Version Added 17.0
Name Tolong Siki Letter Aa
Block Tolong Siki
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑶵
HTML Hex Encoding 𑶵
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB6 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDDB5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011DB5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\uddb5

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 Tolong Siki
Script Extensions Tolong Siki
Indic Syllabic Category Other
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