U+1B0D "ᬍ" Balinese Letter La Lenga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B0D "ᬍ" Balinese Letter La Lenga is a consonant in the Balinese script, representing the sound "la" with an added vowel dependency known as a "lenga" or "pepet," which modifies the inherent vowel of the base letter to a schwa or mid-central vowel sound. This character is part of the Balinese language writing system used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali, where it is employed in traditional texts, religious manuscripts, and modern signage. As a distinct grammatical element, it contributes to the precise phonological representation of words in Balinese, distinguishing it from other variants of the letter "la" such as those used for different vowel contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B0D |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Letter La Lenga |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᬍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᬍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAC 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B0D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B0D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b0d |