U+1BEE "ᯮ" Batak Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1BEE "ᯮ" Batak Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Batak script, primarily for writing the Batak languages of Sumatra, Indonesia. This character represents the vowel sound "u" and is placed above a base consonant character to modify its pronunciation, functioning as an inherent vowel sign in the orthography. It is part of the Batak block in Unicode, which was added in version 6.0 to support the traditional writing system that remains culturally significant for liturgical and educational purposes among Batak communities.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1BEE
Name
Batak Vowel Sign U
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᯮ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᯮ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xAF 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1BEE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001BEE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1bee
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Batak