U+1AE1 "" Combining Right Tack Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1AE1 "" Combining Right Tack Above is a combining diacritical mark used in the Limbu script, an abugida employed to write the Limbu language of Nepal, Bhutan, and India. This character is placed above a base consonant or vowel symbol to modify its sound, specifically indicating a distinct tonal or phonetic variation, such as a glottal stop or a change in vowel length, depending on the linguistic context. It belongs to the Limbu block of Unicode and is typically rendered as a small horizontal line with a vertical stroke on its right side, resembling a tack or T-shaped symbol, positioned over the preceding character without occupying a separate spacing unit.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AE1 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Combining Right Tack Above |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Extended |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᫡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᫡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAB 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AE1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AE1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ae1 |