U+ABC8 "ꯈ" Meetei Mayek Letter Khou Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꯈ
U+ABC8 "ꯈ" Meetei Mayek Letter Khou is a consonant letter in the Meetei Mayek script, historically used to write the Meitei language of Manipur, India. It represents the sound /kʰ/ and is part of the modernized syllabary that was revived in the 20th century after falling out of common use. The letter derives its name "Khou" from the traditional ordering system of the script, where it corresponds to the fourth consonant in the alphabet. As a distinct grapheme in Unicode, it enables the accurate digital representation and preservation of Meetei Mayek texts, supporting cultural and linguistic continuity for the Meitei community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ABC8 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Meetei Mayek Letter Khou |
| Block | Meetei Mayek |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꯈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꯈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAF 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xABC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ABC8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uabc8 |