U+185A "ᡚ" Mongolian Letter Todo Jia Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+185A "ᡚ" Mongolian Letter Todo Jia is a specific glyph used in the Todo script, a variant of the Mongolian writing system historically employed by the Oirat and Kalmyk peoples. This character represents the consonant sound "jia" and was part of a reformed alphabet designed in the 17th century by the Buddhist scholar Zaya Pandita to more accurately reflect the phonetics of the Oirat language. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can preserve the unique orthography of this Central Asian writing tradition, which remains significant for linguistic and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+185A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Mongolian Letter Todo Jia |
| Block | Mongolian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᡚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᡚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA1 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x185A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000185A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u185a |