U+16D69 "" Kirat Rai Vowel Sign O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16D69 "" Kirat Rai Vowel Sign O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kirat Rai script, which is employed to write the Kirat Rai languages of eastern Nepal, such as Bantawa and Chamling. This vowel sign is placed after a consonant character to indicate the long vowel sound "o" or "ō," modifying the inherent vowel of the base letter to form a distinct syllable. It belongs to the Kirat Rai block of the Unicode Standard, encoded in version 16.0 to support the modern orthography of these endangered languages. The sign typically appears as a small marking attached to the consonant glyph, helping to preserve accurate pronunciation and cultural heritage in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D69 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Vowel Sign O |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "" U+16D63 Kirat Rai Vowel Sign Aa "" U+16D67 Kirat Rai Vowel Sign E |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD69 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D69 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd69 |