U+192B "ᤫ" Limbu Subjoined Letter Wa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+192B "ᤫ" Limbu Subjoined Letter Wa is a diacritic-like combining glyph used in the Limbu script, primarily to represent a subjoined or conjunct form of the consonant "wa" in the Limbu language of Nepal and northeastern India. As a subjoined letter, it attaches beneath a preceding consonant character to form a ligature, indicating a consonant cluster or modified syllable structure without an inherent vowel sound. This character is part of the Limbu block in Unicode and is essential for accurately writing certain native Limbu words where a wa sound follows another consonant, reflecting the script's specific orthographic rules. Its usage helps preserve the phonetic and grammatical nuances of the Limbu language in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+192B
Version Added 4.0
Name Limbu Subjoined Letter Wa
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 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x192B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000192B
C/C++/Java Escape \u192b

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 Consonant Subjoined
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