Tangsa Letter Cha

𖪽 is a Tangsa letter for an aspirated “ch” sound. The Tangsa script began in 1990 with Lakhum Mossang, who created it to write Tangsa varieties. Cha is outside Muishvung’s regular consonant set.

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What 𖪽 means

It is a front “ch” sound with a puff of breath, /tɕʰ/.

Muishvung, also called Mossang, does not use this as a regular consonant; Cha extends the alphabet to other Tangsa varieties. Lakhum Mossang’s handwritten teaching examples included traditional songs and a prayer to preserve community culture. By 2020, revisions had broadened the alphabet to cover more Tangsa varieties; a Unicode proposal says the script was not derived from another writing system.

Part of the collection

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Southeast Asian Minority Scripts (Kayah Li, Kawi, Ahom, Cham …)

Who writes 𖪽

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

A 29 April 2026 guide says the four extended consonants, including Cha, are largely used in exclamations and confirmation particles.

Questions people ask

Why does 𖪽 show as a box on some devices?

It is recent: Unicode added it in version 14.0 (2021), and phones and computers whose fonts are older than that have nothing to draw it with. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.