U+1C00 "ᰀ" Lepcha Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1C00 "ᰀ" Lepcha Letter Ka is the first consonant in the Lepcha script, an abugida used to write the Lepcha language spoken primarily in Sikkim, India, as well as in parts of Nepal and Bhutan. This character represents the sound /ka/ and serves as the base form for other syllables when combined with vowel diacritics, reflecting the script's historical derivation from Tibetan writing. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard at version 5.1 in 2008 ensures that the Lepcha language can be digitally preserved and used in modern computing environments, aiding in cultural and linguistic documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C00 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Letter Ka |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᰀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᰀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB0 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C00 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c00 |