U+A999 "ꦙ" Javanese Letter Ja Mahaprana Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꦙ
U+A999 "ꦙ" Javanese Letter Ja Mahaprana is a specific glyph used in the Javanese script to represent the sound /dʒa/ with an aspirated or "heavy" pronunciation, as indicated by the term "Mahaprana," which distinguishes it from the unaspirated "Ja" letter. This character is part of the Javanese block in Unicode, designed to support the writing system for the Javanese language historically used on the island of Java in Indonesia, as well as in related literary and cultural contexts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent traditional Javanese orthography, preserving the nuanced phonetic distinctions that are important for proper reading and writing of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A999 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Letter Ja Mahaprana |
| Block | Javanese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꦙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꦙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA6 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA999 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A999 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua999 |