U+1BAE "ᮮ" Sundanese Letter Kha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1BAE "ᮮ" Sundanese Letter Kha is a consonant used in the modern Sundanese script, which is employed to write the Sundanese language spoken primarily in West Java, Indonesia. This character represents the sound /xa/, akin to the voiceless velar fricative found in Arabic loanwords or transliterations, and it was added to the Unicode Standard as part of version 5.1 in 2008 to support the revitalization and digital encoding of the Sundanese writing system. Its glyph typically features a curved base with a distinct top flourish, distinguishing it from other characters in the script and reflecting the script's historical roots in the Brahmic family of writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BAE |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Sundanese Letter Kha |
| Block | Sundanese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᮮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᮮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAE 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BAE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BAE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1bae |