U+1B3C "ᬼ" Balinese Vowel Sign La Lenga Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B3C "ᬼ" Balinese Vowel Sign La Lenga is a combining diacritical mark used in the Balinese script, a Brahmic abugida employed to write the Balinese language of Indonesia. It modifies a consonant character by adding a lengthened "a" vowel sound, specifically representing a long or drawn out version of the inherent vowel, and is positioned above or attached to the consonant base. This sign is essential for accurate orthography in Balinese, distinguishing words and ensuring proper phonetic rendering in traditional texts, inscriptions, and modern digital communications.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B3C
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Vowel Sign La Lenga
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 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B3C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B3C
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b3c

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 Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Top And Bottom
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