U+1896 "ᢖ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Za Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1896 "ᢖ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Za is a specialized letter used in the Mongolian script to represent sounds from foreign languages, particularly those found in Tibetan and Sanskrit texts translated into Mongolian. It forms part of the Ali Gali set of characters, which were developed by Buddhist scholars to accurately transcribe sacred terms and mantras. This specific character corresponds to the voiced sibilant sound, functioning as an extended or modified form of the standard Mongolian letter "Za." Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the digital preservation and accurate rendering of historical and religious manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1896 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Za |
| Block | Mongolian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᢖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᢖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA2 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1896 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001896 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1896 |