U+1B83 "ᮃ" Sundanese Letter A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B83 "ᮃ" Sundanese Letter A is a glyph representing the first vowel of the Sundanese script, which is used to write the Sundanese language primarily spoken in the western part of Java, Indonesia. This character corresponds to the phoneme /a/ and, when the Romanized script is used, is typically translated to the letter "A" in Latin orthography. In the Sundanese abugida, "ᮃ" serves a special role: it is an independent vowel letter, meaning it does not rely on a consonant base and appears at the beginning of a syllable to denote an initial vowel sound. Its inclusion in the broader Unicode Standard ensures that digital texts, web content, and software can accurately represent this essential element of Sundanese cultural and linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B83
Version Added 5.1
Name Sundanese Letter A
Block Sundanese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᮃ
HTML Hex Encoding ᮃ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAE 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B83
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B83
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b83

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 Alphabetic
Script Sundanese
Script Extensions Sundanese
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
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