U+1BA4 "ᮤ" Sundanese Vowel Sign Panghulu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1BA4 "ᮤ" Sundanese Vowel Sign Panghulu is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sundanese script, primarily for writing the Sundanese language of Indonesia. It represents the vowel sound "i" and is placed above a base consonant character to modify its pronunciation. This sign is part of the Sundanese block in Unicode, which supports the traditional writing system of West Java. In practical use, it is combined with a consonant character such as ᮊ (ka) to form a syllable like ᮊᮤ (ki), enabling accurate representation of Sundanese words and texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BA4 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Sundanese Vowel Sign Panghulu |
| Block | Sundanese |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᮤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᮤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAE 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ba4 |