U+A9A9 "ꦩ" Javanese Letter Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꦩ
U+A9A9 "ꦩ" Javanese Letter Ma is a glyph from the Javanese script, used primarily for writing the Javanese language on the Indonesian island of Java. It represents the consonant sound "ma" and is part of a larger syllabic writing system derived from the ancient Brahmi script, where each basic character carries an inherent vowel "a" that can be modified with diacritics. This letter is encoded in the Javanese block of the Unicode Standard, allowing for its digital representation and communication across modern text systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A9A9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Letter Ma |
| Block | Javanese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꦩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꦩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA6 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA9A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A9A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua9a9 |