U+1C61 "ᱡ" Ol Chiki Letter Aaj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Ol Chiki
Script Extensions Ol Chiki
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter