U+1E2C1 "𞋁" Wancho Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1E2C1 "𞋁" Wancho Letter A is a glyph from the Wancho script, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of version 11.0 to support the endangered Wancho language spoken by the Wancho Naga people in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. This character represents the vowel sound "a" and plays a fundamental role in writing the language, which uses an alphabet developed in the 1950s by indigenous community members to preserve their unique linguistic heritage. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that Wancho can be digitally represented, used in electronic texts, and transmitted across modern computing platforms, aiding in revitalization efforts for this minority language.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1E2C1
Name
Wancho Letter A
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𞋁
HTML Hex Encoding
𞋁
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9E 0x8B 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD838 0xDEC1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001E2C1
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud838\udec1
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Wancho