U+1BD4 "ᯔ" Batak Letter Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᯔ
U+1BD4 "ᯔ" Batak Letter Ma is a symbol in the Batak script, used historically for writing the Batak languages of North Sumatra, Indonesia. This character represents the consonant sound "ma" and belongs to the Batak block of Unicode, which encodes the diverse syllabic system of the Batak script. As a letter, "ᯔ" is used in traditional texts, cultural inscriptions, and modern digital representations to preserve the linguistic heritage of the Batak people, and it is typically written in a left to right direction within a linear sequence of other Batak characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BD4 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Batak Letter Ma |
| Block | Batak |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᯔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᯔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAF 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BD4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BD4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1bd4 |