U+1B42 "ᭂ" Balinese Vowel Sign Pepet Unicode Character

U+1B42 "ᭂ" Balinese Vowel Sign Pepet is a combining diacritical mark used in the Balinese script to represent the inherent vowel sound /ə/, similar to the schwa sound in English. It is placed above or around the base consonant character to modify its pronunciation, and it plays a fundamental role in the Balinese writing system for indicating a short, neutral vowel where no other vowel sign is employed. This sign is distinct from other Balinese vowel markers and is essential for correctly rendering many words in the Balinese language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1B42
Version Added	5.0
Name	Balinese Vowel Sign Pepet
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 0xAD 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1B42
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001B42
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1b42

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
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