U+186E "ᡮ" Mongolian Letter Sibe Tsa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+186E "ᡮ" Mongolian Letter Sibe Tsa is a specific grapheme used in the Sibe (Xibe) dialect of the Mongolian script, representing an aspirated voiceless alveolar affricate sound similar to "ts" in English. It belongs to the Mongolian block of Unicode and is primarily employed in writing the Sibe language, which is spoken by the Sibe ethnic minority in Xinjiang, China. This character is distinct from other Mongolian letters due to its unique form and phonetic value, and it appears in historical and modern texts alongside other Sibe-specific characters to accurately represent the language’s consonant inventory. Its encoding in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and preservation of this minority script.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᡮ
HTML Hex Encoding ᡮ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA1 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x186E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000186E
C/C++/Java Escape \u186e

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