U+1BEE "ᯮ" Batak Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᯮ
U+1BEE "ᯮ" Batak Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Batak script, primarily for writing the Batak languages of Sumatra, Indonesia. This character represents the vowel sound "u" and is placed above a base consonant character to modify its pronunciation, functioning as an inherent vowel sign in the orthography. It is part of the Batak block in Unicode, which was added in version 6.0 to support the traditional writing system that remains culturally significant for liturgical and educational purposes among Batak communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BEE |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Batak Vowel Sign U |
| Block | Batak |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᯮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᯮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAF 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BEE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BEE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1bee |