U+1C71 "ᱱ" Ol Chiki Letter En Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1C71 "ᱱ" Ol Chiki Letter En is a grapheme from the Ol Chiki script, which was specifically created for writing the Santali language, an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in eastern India. This character represents the consonant sound "en" and is part of a unique alphabet developed by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in the 1920s to preserve and promote Santali culture. As a vowel carrier or consonant letter depending on its contextual use, the Ol Chiki letter En is essential for accurately transcribing the phonetic subtleties of Santali, distinguishing it from other scripts used in the region. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text in Santali can be reliably represented and exchanged across modern technology platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+1C71
Version Added 5.1
Name Ol Chiki Letter En
Block Ol Chiki
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᱱ
HTML Hex Encoding ᱱ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB1 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1C71
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001C71
C/C++/Java Escape \u1c71

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