U+AAE1 "ꫡ" Meetei Mayek Letter O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꫡ
U+AAE1 "ꫡ" Meetei Mayek Letter O is a script symbol used in the modern Meetei Mayek alphabet, which is the official writing system for the Meitei language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Manipur. This specific character represents the vowel sound "O" and was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Meetei Mayek block, which supports the revival and digital preservation of the script after historical suppression. Its inclusion in Unicode enables correct rendering and typing of the vowel in digital texts, aiding in the cultural and linguistic revitalization of Meitei language writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AAE1 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Meetei Mayek Letter O |
| Block | Meetei Mayek Extensions |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꫡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꫡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAB 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAAE1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AAE1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaae1 |