U+186F "ᡯ" Mongolian Letter Sibe Za Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+186F "ᡯ" Mongolian Letter Sibe Za is a specific representation of the sound "za" used in the Sibe language, a Tungusic language spoken by the Sibe people in northwestern China, primarily in the Xinjiang region. This character belongs to the Mongolian script block and is written in a variant of the traditional Mongolian alphabet adapted for Sibe orthography. It functions as a consonant and is distinguished by its unique shape and phonetic value, helping to accurately transcribe Sibe words that contain the voiced alveolar affricate sound. The inclusion of this letter in Unicode ensures that digital text in the Sibe language can be consistently encoded, displayed, and processed across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᡯ
HTML Hex Encoding ᡯ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA1 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x186F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000186F
C/C++/Java Escape \u186f

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