U+1B3E "ᬾ" Balinese Vowel Sign Taling Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B3E "ᬾ" Balinese Vowel Sign Taling is a combining diacritical mark used in the Balinese script to represent the vowel sound /e/ or /ɛ/ when attached to a consonant. It visually appears as a small, curving stroke placed above the base consonant character, modifying its inherent vowel to create a distinct syllable. This sign is an essential component of the Balinese writing system, which is employed to write the Balinese language of Indonesia as well as some related liturgical and literary traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B3E
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Vowel Sign Taling
Block Balinese
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᬾ
HTML Hex Encoding ᬾ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAC 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B3E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B3E
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b3e

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 Combining Mark
Script Balinese
Script Extensions Balinese
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Left
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend