U+16107 "𖄇" Gurung Khema Letter Cha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖄇
U+16107 "𖄇" Gurung Khema Letter Cha is a specific letter from the Gurung Khema alphabet, which was historically used to write the Gurung language, primarily spoken in Nepal. This character represents the consonant sound "cha" and is part of a script developed in the 18th century by the Gurung community to transcribe their native Tibeto-Burman language. The Gurung Khema script fell into disuse but has seen modern revival efforts for cultural and linguistic preservation. As a result, this letter was encoded in Unicode version 16.0 in 2024, ensuring its digital representation and accessibility for contemporary use in documentation, education, and communication among the Gurung people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16107 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Gurung Khema Letter Cha |
| Block | Gurung Khema |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖄇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖄇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0x84 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD818 0xDD07 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016107 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud818\udd07 |