U+16A99 "𖪙" Tangsa Letter Uiuc Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖪙
U+16A99 "𖪙" Tangsa Letter Uiuc is a specific character from the Tangsa script, which is used to write the Tangsa language spoken by communities in northeastern India and adjacent regions of Myanmar. This character represents a syllable or phoneme within the Tangsa writing system, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2024 as part of the Tangsa block in version 16.0. The script was developed to preserve and promote the Tangsa language, with the letter "Uiuc" corresponding to a unique sound in the language's phonological inventory. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that speakers can digitally represent their language in modern text and communication platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16A99 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Tangsa Letter Uiuc |
| Block | Tangsa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖪙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖪙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAA 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDE99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016A99 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\ude99 |