U+1B2F "ᬯ" Balinese Letter Wa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B2F "ᬯ" Balinese Letter Wa is the representation of the syllable "wa" in the Balinese script, an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese and Sasak languages. This specific character functions as a consonant letter, where the inherent vowel "a" is present unless modified by a diacritic. In the Balinese script, "Wa" occupies a distinct place within the alphabet and is often employed in both traditional literature and modern signage, reflecting its cultural and linguistic significance to the Balinese people.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B2F
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Letter Wa
Block Balinese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᬯ
HTML Hex Encoding ᬯ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAC 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B2F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B2F
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b2f

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