U+16A9C "𖪜" Tangsa Letter Mz Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖪜
U+16A9C "𖪜" Tangsa Letter Mz is a character from the Tangsa script, an indigenous writing system used to represent the Tangsa languages spoken in northeastern India and neighboring regions of Myanmar. This specific letter corresponds to a consonant sound that resembles an "m" followed by a "z" or a voiced alveolar affricate, contributing to the phonological inventory of the Tangsa languages. The character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of version 14.0 in September 2021, supporting the preservation and digital representation of this endangered linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16A9C |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Tangsa Letter Mz |
| Block | Tangsa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖪜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖪜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAA 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDE9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016A9C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\ude9c |