U+1B2B "ᬫ" Balinese Letter Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B2B "ᬫ" Balinese Letter Ma is a consonant in the Balinese script, which is used to write the Balinese language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as some religious and ceremonial texts. It represents the sound "ma" and is part of the larger Balinese syllabary, a Brahmic-derived abugida where each character inherently contains a vowel sound, typically a. This character is often used in traditional Balinese literature, palm-leaf manuscripts, and modern digital typography, contributing to the preservation and digital representation of the Balinese language and its cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B2B |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Letter Ma |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᬫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᬫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAC 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b2b |