U+ABC9 "ꯉ" Meetei Mayek Letter Ngou Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+ABC9 "ꯉ" Meetei Mayek Letter Ngou is a symbol from the Meetei Mayek script, which is used to write the Meitei language, primarily spoken in the Indian state of Manipur. This specific character represents the sound "ng," akin to the final sound in the English word "sing," and is the fifth letter of the Meetei Mayek alphabet known as "Ngou." Historically, the Meetei Mayek script fell out of widespread use but has been revived in recent decades, with "Ngou" playing a crucial role in the phonetic representation of native Meitei words. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character ensures that the script can be consistently displayed and digitally preserved across modern computing platforms, supporting the ongoing efforts to revitalize and promote the Meitei language and its cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+ABC9
Version Added 5.2
Name Meetei Mayek Letter Ngou
Block Meetei Mayek
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꯉ
HTML Hex Encoding ꯉ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAF 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xABC9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000ABC9
C/C++/Java Escape \uabc9

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