U+1B22 "ᬢ" Balinese Letter Ta Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B22 "ᬢ" Balinese Letter Ta is a glyph from the Balinese script, used primarily to write the Balinese language on the Indonesian island of Bali. It represents the syllable "ta" and appears as the first consonant in the traditional Balinese order of the alphabet. This letter is part of a larger abugida system, where each character inherently contains the vowel "a" unless modified by diacritical marks. In modern usage, it is employed in cultural and religious texts, signage, and digital communications, helping to preserve the Balinese language and its rich written heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B22
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Letter Ta
Block Balinese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᬢ
HTML Hex Encoding ᬢ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAC 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B22
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B22
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b22

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