U+1B31 "ᬱ" Balinese Letter Sa Sapa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B31 "ᬱ" Balinese Letter Sa Sapa is a character used in the Balinese script, which is an abugida native to Bali, Indonesia, derived from ancient Brahmi scripts. This specific letter represents the consonant "sa" with a sibilant quality, akin to the English "sh" sound, and is part of a set of glyphs for writing the Balinese language and some religious and literary texts. In the script's tradition, "Sa Sapa" distinguishes itself from other "sa" characters, such as "Sa Saga," through its unique pronunciation and usage, often appearing in loanwords and terms of Sanskrit origin.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B31 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Letter Sa Sapa |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᬱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᬱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAC 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B31 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b31 |