U+ABD1 "ꯑ" Meetei Mayek Letter Atiya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꯑ
U+ABD1 "ꯑ" Meetei Mayek Letter Atiya is the first letter of 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 vowel sound "a" and holds a foundational role in the script's alphabet, functioning as an inherent vowel carrier when no other consonant is present. In the Meetei Mayek writing system, Atiya is considered a primary letter, and its name is derived from the word for "heaven" or "sky" in Meitei, reflecting its significant position as the starting point of the script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ABD1 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Meetei Mayek Letter Atiya |
| Block | Meetei Mayek |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꯑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꯑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAF 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xABD1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ABD1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uabd1 |