U+1708 "ᜈ" Tagalog Letter Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1708 "ᜈ" Tagalog Letter Na is part of the Baybayin script, an ancient writing system historically used in the Philippines to write the Tagalog language. This character represents the syllable "na" and belongs to the block of Unicode assigned to the Baybayin script, which was encoded in 2010 under version 6.0 to support the preservation and digital representation of indigenous Philippine languages. Its design features a distinctive angular shape typical of Baybayin characters, and it functions as one of the basic syllabic letters in the script, often combined with diacritics to modify its vowel sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1708 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Tagalog Letter Na |
| Block | Tagalog |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᜈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᜈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9C 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1708 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001708 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1708 |