U+ABE8 "ꯨ" Meetei Mayek Vowel Sign Unap Unicode Character

U+ABE8 "ꯨ" Meetei Mayek Vowel Sign Unap is a combining diacritical mark used in the Meetei Mayek script, which is the traditional writing system for the Meitei language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Manipur. This vowel sign represents the sound /u/ and is placed below a consonant character to modify its pronunciation, forming a syllable with the inherent vowel altered. As part of the Unicode Standard, it enables digital representation and preservation of the Meetei Mayek script, supporting cultural and linguistic documentation for the Meitei community.

General Properties

Code Point	U+ABE8
Version Added	5.2
Name	Meetei Mayek Vowel Sign Unap
Block	Meetei Mayek
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꯨ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꯨ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0xAF 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xABE8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000ABE8
C/C++/Java Escape	\uabe8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Meetei Mayek
Script Extensions	Meetei Mayek
Indic Syllabic Category	Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category	Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend