U+1B17 "ᬗ" Balinese Letter Nga Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Aksara
Script Balinese
Script Extensions Balinese
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
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