U+1B8F "ᮏ" Sundanese Letter Ja Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B8F "ᮏ" Sundanese Letter Ja is a character from the Sundanese script, an abugida used historically and in modern times to write the Sundanese language of West Java, Indonesia. This specific character represents the consonant sound "ja" and is part of the standardized Sundanese block added to Unicode in version 5.1 in 2008 to support digital preservation of the script. The letter itself resembles a stylized open curve with a small protruding marker, typical of the angular yet flowing aesthetic of Sundanese writing. It is used in contemporary contexts such as books, signage, and digital texts, particularly in regions where Sundanese cultural identity is promoted through language revitalization efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B8F |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Sundanese Letter Ja |
| Block | Sundanese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᮏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᮏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAE 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B8F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b8f |