U+182C "ᠬ" Mongolian Letter Qa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+182C "ᠬ" Mongolian Letter Qa is a specific code point in the Unicode standard that represents a consonant used in the traditional Mongolian script, which is written vertically from top to bottom. This letter, known as Qa, corresponds to a voiceless uvular plosive sound, similar to a hard 'k' or 'q' in other languages, and is primarily employed in writing the Mongolian language, including its various historical and modern dialects. It is part of the Mongolian block of Unicode, which was encoded to support the preservation and digital rendering of this unique writing system that remains culturally significant in Inner Mongolia and Mongolia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+182C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Mongolian Letter Qa |
| Block | Mongolian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᠬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᠬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA0 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x182C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000182C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u182c |