U+186C "ᡬ" Mongolian Letter Sibe Gaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+186C "ᡬ" Mongolian Letter Sibe Gaa is a specific letter used in the Sibe (or Xibe) language, a Tungusic language spoken primarily in the Xinjiang region of China, where it represents a voiced velar or uvular sound similar to a hard "g." This character belongs to the Mongolian block of the Unicode standard and is part of the broader Sibe script, which was derived from the traditional Mongolian script but adapted with unique letters and pronunciations to fit the phonetics of the Sibe language. As one of the less commonly encountered characters in digital text, its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper representation and preservation of the Sibe writing system for linguistic study, cultural documentation, and modern communication in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+186C
Version Added 3.0
Name Mongolian Letter Sibe Gaa
Block Mongolian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᡬ
HTML Hex Encoding ᡬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA1 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x186C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000186C
C/C++/Java Escape \u186c

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