U+191A "ᤚ" Limbu Letter Ssa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+191A "ᤚ" Limbu Letter Ssa is a specific symbol from the Limbu script, which is used to write the Limbu language spoken primarily in eastern Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan. This character represents a retroflex sibilant sound, similar to the "sh" sound in English but articulated with the tongue curled back, distinguishing it from other sibilants in the Limbu phonetic inventory. The Limbu script itself is an abugida descended from the Tibetan script and was revitalized by the Limbu scholar Te-ongsi Sirijanga in the 18th century, with U+191A playing a role in the accurate representation of Limbu words and names in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+191A
Version Added 4.0
Name Limbu Letter Ssa
Block Limbu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᤚ
HTML Hex Encoding ᤚ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA4 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x191A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000191A
C/C++/Java Escape \u191a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Limbu
Script Extensions Limbu
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter