U+1BEB "ᯫ" Batak Vowel Sign Karo I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1BEB "ᯫ" Batak Vowel Sign Karo I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Batak script, specifically for writing the Karo dialect of the Batak language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia. It represents a vowel sound similar to a long 'i' and is placed above or attached to a base consonant character to modify its pronunciation. This character is part of the Unicode block for Batak script, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 to support the digital preservation and modern use of this traditional writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BEB |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Batak Vowel Sign Karo I |
| Block | Batak |
| 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 0xAF 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1BEB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001BEB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1beb |