U+1C01 "ᰁ" Lepcha Letter Kla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᰁ
U+1C01 "ᰁ" Lepcha Letter Kla is a part of the Lepcha script, which is an abugida used to write the Lepcha language spoken primarily in the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal, as well as in parts of Nepal and Bhutan. This specific character represents the consonant sound "kla," formed by combining the base consonant "ka" with the subjoined consonant "la," and it is one of several conjunct letters that reflect the language's complex syllable structure. The Lepcha script is written from left to right in a horizontal line, and this letter contributes to the accurate transcription and preservation of the indigenous Lepcha language and its literary tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C01 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Letter Kla |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᰁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᰁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB0 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C01 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C01 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c01 |