U+16124 "𖄤" Gurung Khema Vowel Sign Ee Unicode Character
U+16124 "𖄤" Gurung Khema Vowel Sign Ee is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gurung Khema script, an alphasyllabary designed for writing the Gurung language of Nepal. This specific vowel sign modifies a consonant character by indicating the vowel sound "ee," which is a close front unrounded vowel similar to the vowel in the English word "see." As part of a writing system created to preserve and modernize the Gurung language, this character represents the script's adaptation of native phonetic needs through a visible sign placed above or attached to its base consonant letter. Unlike independent vowel letters, this combining sign is always used in conjunction with a consonant symbol to form a complete syllabic unit, reflecting the script's abugida style.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16124 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Gurung Khema Vowel Sign Ee |
| Block | Gurung Khema |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ð–„©" U+16129 Gurung Khema Vowel Length Mark "ð–„Ÿ" U+1611F Gurung Khema Vowel Sign I |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖄤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖄤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0x84 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD818 0xDD24 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016124 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud818\udd24 |