U+191D "ᤝ" Limbu Letter Gyan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+191D "ᤝ" Limbu Letter Gyan is a consonant from the Limbu script, known in the Limbu language as “Gyan,” and is used to represent the sound /ɡj/ or a palatalized velar stop in the orthography of the Limbu language spoken primarily in Nepal and parts of India. This letter is part of the Limbu block in the Unicode standard, which was added to support digital rendering of the script, and it functions in consonant conjuncts to form specific syllables. Its shape is distinctive, with a curved upper stroke and a vertical stem, and it follows the general typographic style of the Limbu script, which is an abugida where each character carries an inherent vowel sound.

General Properties

Code Point U+191D
Version Added 7.0
Name Limbu Letter Gyan
Block Limbu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᤝ
HTML Hex Encoding ᤝ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA4 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x191D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000191D
C/C++/Java Escape \u191d

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