U+183C "ᠼ" Mongolian Letter Tsa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+183C "ᠼ" Mongolian Letter Tsa is a distinct grapheme within the Mongolian script, used primarily to represent the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate sound /t͡sʰ/ in the Mongolian language, as well as in related languages written with the traditional Mongol script such as Manchu and Buryat. It belongs to the Mongolian block of the Unicode standard, which supports the historical and modern writing systems of Inner and Outer Mongolia. As a letter in the Mongolian alphabet, "ᠼ" appears in the medial and final positions of words, forming part of the script’s complex system of positional variants where its shape can change depending on its placement in a word. This character is essential for accurately transcribing native Mongolian vocabulary as well as loanwords, particularly from Chinese and Tibetan, reflecting the rich linguistic history of the region.

General Properties

Code Point U+183C
Version Added 3.0
Name Mongolian Letter Tsa
Block Mongolian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᠼ
HTML Hex Encoding ᠼ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA0 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x183C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000183C
C/C++/Java Escape \u183c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Mongolian
Script Extensions Mongolian
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter