U+1BDB "ᯛ" Batak Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᯛ
U+1BDB "ᯛ" Batak Letter Ya is a glyph from the Batak script, an abugida historically used to write the Batak languages of Sumatra, Indonesia. This specific character represents the syllable "ya" and is part of a writing system that was traditionally inscribed on bamboo, bark, and palm leaves for religious, legal, and everyday texts. While the Batak script is no longer in common daily use, it holds significant cultural importance for the Batak people and is recognized in Unicode to support digital preservation and revival efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BDB |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Batak Letter Ya |
| Block | Batak |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᯛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᯛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAF 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BDB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BDB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1bdb |