U+1B19 "ᬙ" Balinese Letter Ca Laca Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B19 "ᬙ" Balinese Letter Ca Laca is a glyph used in the Balinese script, an abugida native to the Indonesian island of Bali. It represents the syllable "ca" with an inherent vowel, but its distinct name "Ca Laca" indicates it is a special or modified form of the standard letter Ca, often used in transliterating foreign sounds or certain Sanskrit-derived words. This character is part of the Balinese Unicode block, which supports writing of both the Balinese and Sasak languages, as well as religious and literary texts, preserving a vital element of Balinese cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B19
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Letter Ca Laca
Block Balinese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᬙ
HTML Hex Encoding ᬙ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAC 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B19
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B19
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b19

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 Aksara
Script Balinese
Script Extensions Balinese
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter