U+AAE3 "ꫣ" Meetei Mayek Letter Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꫣ
U+AAE3 "ꫣ" Meetei Mayek Letter Nya is a distinct glyph representing the consonant "nya" in the Meetei Mayek script, which is used to write the Meitei language, an official language of the Indian state of Manipur. This character belongs to the Meetei Mayek Extensions block and is part of the modern standardized form of the script, which evolved from ancient Brahmi-derived origins. Its phonetic value corresponds to the palatal nasal sound /ɲ/ and it plays a key role in accurately transcribing the unique sounds of the Meitei language, thereby supporting cultural preservation and digital representation of this indigenous writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AAE3 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Meetei Mayek Letter Nya |
| Block | Meetei Mayek Extensions |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꫣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꫣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAB 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAAE3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AAE3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaae3 |