U+1A2C "ᨬ" Tai Tham Letter Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1A2C "ᨬ" Tai Tham Letter Nya is a consonant used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed for writing the Northern Thai (Lanna) language, as well as Tai Lü and Khün. This character represents the palatal nasal sound "nya," similar to the "ñ" in the Spanish word "niño." The Tai Tham script itself is an abugida descended from the Old Mon script, and the letter Nya is part of a set of characters that preserve the cultural and religious literature of Theravada Buddhist traditions in Southeast Asia. In modern usage, its digital encoding allows for the preservation and digital communication of texts in these endangered languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1A2C
Name
Tai Tham Letter Nya
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᨬ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᨬ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xA8 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1A2C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001A2C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1a2c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tai Tham