U+1857 "ᡗ" Mongolian Letter Todo Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1857 "ᡗ" Mongolian Letter Todo Ka is a specific grapheme used in the Todo script, a historical variant of the traditional Mongolian writing system designed by the Buddhist scholar Zaya Pandita in the 17th century to accurately represent the Oirat language. This character denotes the sound "ka" and appears in the Unicode block for Mongolian, supporting the digitization of manuscripts and texts from the Oirat Mongolian cultural and literary heritage. Its inclusion facilitates scholarly work in linguistics and digital preservation, ensuring that this unique letter remains accessible for modern computational use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1857 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Mongolian Letter Todo Ka |
| Block | Mongolian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᡗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᡗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA1 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1857 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001857 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1857 |