U+1C61 "ᱡ" Ol Chiki Letter Aaj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1C61 "ᱡ" Ol Chiki Letter Aaj is a specific character used in the Ol Chiki script, which was created in the 20th century for writing the Santali language spoken primarily in eastern India. This letter represents the sound of a long vowel similar to a prolonged "ah" and is part of a unique alphabet designed by the Santali intellectual Pandit Raghunath Murmu. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard facilitates digital communication and preservation of the Santali language and culture, allowing for accurate representation in electronic texts and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C61 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Ol Chiki Letter Aaj |
| Block | Ol Chiki |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᱡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᱡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB1 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C61 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c61 |