U+1B3C "ᬼ" Balinese Vowel Sign La Lenga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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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 |