U+A91B "ꤛ" Kayah Li Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꤛ
U+A91B "ꤛ" Kayah Li Letter Ya is a glyph within the Kayah Li script, which was historically used to write the Kayah (Karenni) languages spoken in parts of Myanmar and Thailand. This specific character represents the consonant sound "ya," similar to the English letter "y," and is part of a unified block added to Unicode in version 5.1 in 2008 to support the script's unique alphabet. Its design reflects the traditional calligraphic style of Kayah Li, where letters often feature curved and angular strokes distinct from other Southeast Asian scripts. The inclusion of this character in digital text enables accurate transcription and preservation of Kayah Li languages for modern writing, communication, and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A91B |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Kayah Li Letter Ya |
| Block | Kayah Li |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꤛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꤛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA4 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA91B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A91B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua91b |