U+1B17 "ᬗ" Balinese Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B17 "ᬗ" Balinese Letter Nga is a character from the Balinese script, which is used to write the Balinese language primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali. This character represents the voiced velar nasal sound, equivalent to the "ng" in the English word "sing". It is part of a rich script tradition that is used for both secular and religious texts, and in modern times it is often employed in digital contexts for preserving and transmitting Balinese cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B17 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Letter Nga |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᬗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᬗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAC 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B17 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b17 |