U+1709 "ᜉ" Tagalog Letter Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᜉ
U+1709 "ᜉ" Tagalog Letter Pa is a symbol from the Baybayin script, the traditional writing system of the Tagalog people in the Philippines prior to Spanish colonization. It represents the syllable "pa" and is classified as a vowel carrier or independent consonant character in the Tagalog block of Unicode, where the inherent vowel "a" is assumed unless modified by a diacritical mark. This character is part of a broader effort to digitally preserve and revive indigenous Philippine scripts, allowing modern users to type and display Baybayin on computers and mobile devices for cultural, educational, and artistic purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1709 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Tagalog Letter Pa |
| Block | Tagalog |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᜉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᜉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9C 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1709 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001709 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1709 |