U+1BC8 "ᯈ" Batak Letter Simalungun Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᯈ
U+1BC8 "ᯈ" Batak Letter Simalungun Pa is a distinctive glyph within the Batak script block, used primarily for writing the Simalungun language, a Batak language spoken in North Sumatra, Indonesia. This character represents the syllable "pa" and is part of a larger system of syllabic letters that are central to the traditional writing of various Batak languages. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the Simalungun variant of the Batak script, supporting cultural heritage and modern digital communication for communities that use this script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC8 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Batak Letter Simalungun Pa |
| Block | Batak |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᯈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᯈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAF 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BC8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1bc8 |