U+0FBC "ྼ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Fixed-Form Ra Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0FBC "ྼ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Fixed-Form Ra is a special typographic mark within the Tibetan script block, designed to appear as a subscript or subjoined form of the consonant 'ra' that maintains a fixed, non-connecting shape rather than adapting to adjacent characters. It is historically used in manuscripts and certain printed texts where precise orthographic control is required, often to preserve the distinct visual form of the letter 'ra' when it appears below another character, such as in conjunct consonant clusters. This fixed-form variant ensures clarity in cases where the standard subjoined 'ra' might otherwise merge or become ambiguous with other marks, supporting accurate rendering of Tibetan syllables in specific scholarly or liturgical contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+0FBC
Version Added 3.0
Name Tibetan Subjoined Letter Fixed-Form Ra
Block Tibetan
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ྼ
HTML Hex Encoding ྼ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBE 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0FBC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000FBC
C/C++/Java Escape \u0fbc

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 Tibetan
Script Extensions Tibetan
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant Subjoined
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