U+18A1 "ᢡ" Mongolian Letter Manchu Ali Gali Dha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+18A1 "ᢡ" Mongolian Letter Manchu Ali Gali Dha is a specialized glyph used within the Mongolian script to represent a specific sound, primarily in the transcription of foreign languages such as Tibetan and Sanskrit. It belongs to the subset of Mongolian letters known as Ali Gali, which were developed to accurately render sounds not native to the Mongolian language, particularly for religious and scholarly texts in Buddhism. In this context, the character denotes a voiced aspirated dental or retroflex sound, similar to the "dha" in Sanskrit, and is typically employed when writing Manchu or other loanwords. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this historical and linguistic symbol remains accessible for digital preservation and scholarly work.

General Properties

Code Point U+18A1
Version Added 3.0
Name Mongolian Letter Manchu Ali Gali Dha
Block Mongolian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᢡ
HTML Hex Encoding ᢡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA2 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x18A1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000018A1
C/C++/Java Escape \u18a1

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