U+1BC9 "ᯉ" Batak Letter Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1BC9 "ᯉ" Batak Letter Na is a symbol from the Batak script, an abugida traditionally used to write the Batak languages of North Sumatra, Indonesia. This character represents the syllable "na" and is part of a larger writing system that originally recorded religious, legal, and literary texts on materials like bamboo and bark. In modern contexts, it is supported through digital encoding to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Batak people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC9 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Batak Letter Na |
| Block | Batak |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᯉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᯉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAF 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BC9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BC9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1bc9 |