U+1E2E3 "ðž‹£" Wancho Letter Aang Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ðž‹£

U+1E2E3 "ðž‹£" Wancho Letter Aang is a letter from the Wancho script, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2019 as part of version 12.0 to support the Wancho language spoken by the Wancho people in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and adjacent parts of Myanmar. This character represents a specific vowel sound, functioning as a vocalic letter in the script's alphabetic system, and it is distinct from consonants in that it carries an inherent vowel value. The inclusion of Wancho Letter Aang in Unicode is a significant step for preserving and digitally representing the Wancho language, which had relied on informal writing systems and oral traditions before the script's formalization in the mid-20th century. Its encoding allows for consistent digital text processing, facilitating literacy, documentation, and communication in the Wancho community across modern platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E2E3
Version Added 12.0
Name Wancho Letter Aang
Block Wancho
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞋣
HTML Hex Encoding 𞋣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x8B 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDEE3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E2E3
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udee3

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 Wancho
Script Extensions Wancho
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