U+1855 "ᡕ" Mongolian Letter Todo Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1855 "ᡕ" Mongolian Letter Todo Ya is a grapheme used in the Todo script, a variant of the traditional Mongolian alphabet primarily employed to write the Oirat and Kalmyk languages. This character represents the sound "ya" and is part of a set of letters adapted to fit the phonetic needs of these languages, which differ from classical Mongolian. Historically, the Todo script was developed in the 17th century by the Buddhist monk Zaya Pandita to improve accuracy in transcribing Tibetan Buddhist texts and to distinguish sounds more clearly than the older Mongolian script. In modern digital contexts, "ᡕ" is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Mongolian block, enabling its use in contemporary electronic communication and text rendering within language documentation and revitalization efforts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᡕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᡕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0xA1 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x1855 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00001855 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u1855 |
Unicode Properties