U+A9A9 "ꦩ" Javanese Letter Ma Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Aksara
Script Javanese
Script Extensions Javanese
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter