U+11C8B "𑲋" Marchen Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑲋
U+11C8B "𑲋" Marchen Letter La is a glyph belonging to the Marchen script, an ancient Brahmic writing system native to the historical kingdom of Zhangzhung in western Tibet. This character represents the consonant sound "la" and is part of the script's inventory of basic letters, which were used primarily to transcribe the now-extinct Zhangzhung language and its associated religious texts. The Marchen script holds cultural and historical significance, particularly within the Bön tradition, where it is still employed for ceremonial and liturgical purposes, preserving a vital link to pre-Buddhist Tibetan heritage. Inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for scholarly research and modern applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C8B |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Marchen Letter La |
| Block | Marchen |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑲋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑲋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB2 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C8B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc8b |