U+A4E5 "ꓥ" Lisu Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꓥ
U+A4E5 "ꓥ" Lisu Letter Nga is a symbol from the Lisu script, used primarily to write the Lisu language spoken by the Lisu people in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and India. This character represents the velar nasal sound, similar to the "ng" in the English word "sing," and is one of the letters within the Fraser alphabet, which was developed by missionary James O. Fraser in the early 20th century. The Lisu script, including this letter, is part of the Unicode standard in the Lisu block, enabling digital representation and preservation of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A4E5 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Lisu Letter Nga |
| Block | Lisu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꓥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꓥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x93 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA4E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A4E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua4e5 |