U+1928 "ᤨ" Limbu Vowel Sign O Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1928 "ᤨ" Limbu Vowel Sign O is a diacritical mark used in the Limbu script, which is traditionally employed to write the Limbu language of Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim. This specific sign is a dependent vowel sign that modifies the inherent vowel of a consonant character to produce the sound "o." It appears as a combining mark typically placed above or attached to a consonant letter, functioning as an essential component of the Limbu orthography to accurately represent the language's vowel system. The character is part of the Limbu block in Unicode and helps preserve the unique typographic and linguistic heritage of the Limbu community.

General Properties

Code Point U+1928
Version Added 4.0
Name Limbu Vowel Sign O
Block Limbu
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᤨ
HTML Hex Encoding ᤨ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA4 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1928
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001928
C/C++/Java Escape \u1928

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Limbu
Script Extensions Limbu
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Top
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend