U+1BEF "ᯯ" Batak Vowel Sign U for Simalungun Sa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᯯ
U+1BEF "ᯯ" Batak Vowel Sign U for Simalungun Sa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Batak script, specifically for the Simalungun dialect of the Batak language spoken in North Sumatra, Indonesia. It represents the vowel sound "u" when attached to the consonant "sa", functioning as a dependent vowel sign that modifies the inherent vowel of the base character. This character is part of the broader Batak block in Unicode, which was added to support the digital encoding of traditional Batak scripts, preserving linguistic heritage for modern text processing and digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BEF |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Batak Vowel Sign U for Simalungun Sa |
| Block | Batak |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᯯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᯯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAF 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BEF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BEF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1bef |