U+A994 "ꦔ" Javanese Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꦔ
U+A994 "ꦔ" Javanese Letter Nga is a character from the Javanese script, an abugida historically used to write the Javanese language on the island of Java, Indonesia. Representing the velar nasal sound like the "ng" in "sing," this letter is a fundamental component of the script and is often used in traditional Javanese literature, religious texts, and modern digital communication to accurately transliterate the language's distinctive phonetic inventory. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the preservation and digital accessibility of Javanese cultural heritage, allowing users to type and display the script across various devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A994 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Letter Nga |
| Block | Javanese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꦔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꦔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA6 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA994 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A994 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua994 |