U+1B9E "ᮞ" Sundanese Letter Sa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B9E "ᮞ" Sundanese Letter Sa is a character in the Sundanese script, used to represent the consonant sound /s/ in the Sundanese language of West Java, Indonesia. As part of the modern Sundanese block in Unicode, this letter serves a fundamental role in writing the language, appearing in words like "saha" (who) and "sareng" (and). Its glyph resembles a curved, open shape with a short tail, reflecting the elegant styling of the traditional Sundanese writing system, which has seen a revival in digital and print media following its standardization in Unicode 5.1 in 2008.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B9E
Version Added 5.1
Name Sundanese Letter Sa
Block Sundanese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᮞ
HTML Hex Encoding ᮞ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAE 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B9E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B9E
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b9e

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 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