U+1916 "ᤖ" Limbu Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᤖ
U+1916 "ᤖ" Limbu Letter Ra is a part of the Limbu script, an abugida used historically for writing the Limbu language spoken primarily in Nepal, Sikkim, and Darjeeling. This specific character represents the consonant sound "ra," and within the system of the Limbu alphabet, it functions as a consonant letter that can be combined with various vowel diacritics to create different syllables. Its presence in the Unicode Standard, included in the Limbu block (U+1900 to U+194F), ensures that the Limbu language can be faithfully represented in modern digital environments, supporting both linguistic scholarship and the cultural preservation of the Limbu community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1916 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Limbu Letter Ra |
| Block | Limbu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᤖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᤖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA4 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1916 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001916 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1916 |