U+1937 "ᤷ" Limbu Small Letter Ra Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1937 "ᤷ" Limbu Small Letter Ra is a component of the Limbu script, an abugida used primarily to write the Limbu language spoken in parts of Nepal, India, and Bhutan. This specific character represents the consonant sound "ra" and is classified as a small letter, which in the Limbu writing system generally denotes a consonant without an inherent vowel. It is part of the Limbu block in Unicode, which was added to support digital encoding of the script for modern communication and preservation of this endangered language. The character is typically used in combination with vowel diacritics to form full syllables in Limbu text.

General Properties

Code Point U+1937
Version Added 4.0
Name Limbu Small Letter Ra
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 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1937
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001937
C/C++/Java Escape \u1937

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 Final
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