U+18A4 "ᢤ" Mongolian Letter Manchu Ali Gali Zha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+18A4 "ᢤ" Mongolian Letter Manchu Ali Gali Zha is a specialized glyph from the Mongolian Unicode block, representing a consonant sound used in the Manchu script and in the Ali Gali system, which was developed to transcribe Tibetan and Sanskrit terms into Mongolian orthography. This character is distinct from standard Mongolian letters and is employed primarily in historical or religious texts to accurately render foreign loanwords and phonetic nuances, such as the "zha" sound, that do not occur in native Mongolian vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the written record of Manchu and Tibetan Buddhist influences on Mongolian linguistic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18A4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Mongolian Letter Manchu Ali Gali Zha |
| Block | Mongolian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᢤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᢤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18A4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18a4 |