U+1B00 "ᬀ" Balinese Sign Ulu Ricem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B00 "ᬀ" Balinese Sign Ulu Ricem is a combining diacritical mark used in the Balinese script, primarily written above a base consonant to modify its inherent vowel sound. This sign specifically indicates the addition of a final "ng" or velar nasal sound, functioning as an inherent vowel cancellation and a nasalization marker that alters the pronunciation of the syllable. It is an essential component of the Balinese writing system, which is used to write the Balinese language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, and it appears in traditional palm-leaf manuscripts, religious texts, and modern digital typography where accurate representation of the script is needed.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B00
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Sign Ulu Ricem
Block Balinese
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᬀ
HTML Hex Encoding ᬀ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAC 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B00
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B00
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b00

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 Balinese
Script Extensions Balinese
Indic Syllabic Category Bindu
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