U+ABC5 "ꯅ" Meetei Mayek Letter Na Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+ABC5 "ꯅ" Meetei Mayek Letter Na is a specific character within the Meetei Mayek script, which is used to write the Meitei language, an official language of the Indian state of Manipur. This character represents the consonant sound "na," similar to the English letter N, and is classified as a basic letter in the Meetei Mayek alphabet. It was added to the Unicode Standard in version 5.2, released in 2009, as part of a block dedicated to the Meetei Mayek script, which includes both independent vowels and consonants essential for accurately representing the phonetic inventory of the Meitei language in digital text. The character is primarily used in modern and historical writing systems of the region, supporting cultural and linguistic preservation efforts.

General Properties

Code Point U+ABC5
Version Added 5.2
Name Meetei Mayek Letter Na
Block Meetei Mayek
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꯅ
HTML Hex Encoding ꯅ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAF 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xABC5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000ABC5
C/C++/Java Escape \uabc5

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 Alphabetic
Script Meetei Mayek
Script Extensions Meetei Mayek
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