U+1B21 "ᬡ" Balinese Letter Na Rambat Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B21 "ᬡ" Balinese Letter Na Rambat is a grapheme used in the Balinese script, a Brahmic abugida employed for writing the Balinese and Sasak languages primarily spoken in Bali and Lombok, Indonesia. It represents a retroflex nasal sound, akin to the "n" sound produced with the tongue curled back against the palate, and is distinct from its dental counterpart in the alphabet. This letter is specifically denoted by the term "Rambat," which may refer to a particular phonetic or contextual variation or to its visual stroke pattern in traditional calligraphy. As part of the larger Balinese syllabic system, "Na Rambat" contributes to the precise representation of indigenous words, often used in religious manuscripts, ceremonial inscriptions, and modern digital texts to preserve the region's cultural and linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B21
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Letter Na Rambat
Block Balinese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᬡ
HTML Hex Encoding ᬡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAC 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B21
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B21
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b21

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