U+1B4E "" Balinese Inverted Carik Siki Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1B4E "" Balinese Inverted Carik Siki is a punctuation mark used in the Balinese script, primarily to indicate the end of a poetic section or stanza within a text, functioning as a structural divider. It is called "inverted" because its shape is a mirror image of the standard Carik Siki, which resembles a slash or vertical line, and this inversion signals a different level of textual segmentation. This character is part of the Balinese block in Unicode and is employed in traditional manuscripts and modern digital renderings of the Balinese language, helping to organize written works with clarity and cultural authenticity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B4E |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Balinese Inverted Carik Siki |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᭎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᭎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAD 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B4E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B4E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b4e |