U+16D6B "饢但" Kirat Rai Sign Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
饢但
U+16D6B "饢但" Kirat Rai Sign Virama is a special mark used in the Kirat Rai script, which is employed to write languages such as Limbu and other Kirati languages of Nepal and northeastern India. This sign functions as a virama, also known as a halant, which serves to suppress the inherent vowel of a consonant letter, thereby creating a consonant cluster or a dead consonant without a following vowel sound. It is positioned after a consonant character to indicate that the vowel should not be pronounced, allowing for the accurate representation of syllabic structures in these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D6B |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Sign Virama |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD6B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D6B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd6b |