U+1923 "ᤣ" Limbu Vowel Sign Ee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1923 "ᤣ" Limbu Vowel Sign Ee is a combining diacritical mark used in the Limbu script, which is indigenous to Nepal and parts of India, primarily for writing the Limbu language. This vowel sign modifies a consonant character by adding the sound of a long 'e' (as in "see") and appears as a distinct graphic element attached to the base consonant, often written above or to the left depending on the script's orthographic rules. It is part of the Limbu block in the Unicode Standard, encoded to support digital representation of this endangered language's traditional writing system, ensuring its preservation and use in modern typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+1923
Version Added 4.0
Name Limbu Vowel Sign Ee
Block Limbu
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᤣ
HTML Hex Encoding ᤣ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA4 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1923
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001923
C/C++/Java Escape \u1923

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 Combining Mark
Script Limbu
Script Extensions Limbu
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Right
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend