U+1B34 "᬴" Balinese Sign Rerekan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B34 "᬴" Balinese Sign Rerekan is a combining diacritical mark used in the Balinese script, a writing system native to Bali, Indonesia, to indicate the suppression of the inherent vowel in a consonant. It functions as a virāma or vowel killer, attached beneath a base consonant character to create a conjunct consonant or a final consonant sound without a following vowel. This sign is essential for accurate representation of Balinese phonology in digital texts, allowing users to render syllabic blocks that match traditional manuscript practices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B34 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Sign Rerekan |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Nukta |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᬴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᬴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAC 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b34 |