U+1C03 "ᰃ" Lepcha Letter Ga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1C03 "ᰃ" Lepcha Letter Ga is a symbol from the Lepcha script, which is used to write the Lepcha language spoken by the Lepcha people in parts of India, Nepal, and Bhutan. This character represents the consonant sound "ga" and is part of a syllabic writing system that includes both consonants and vowel diacritics. Traditionally, the Lepcha script features rounded shapes adapted for writing on bamboo and other materials, and "Ga" is one of its fundamental letters for forming words in the language. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in 2008 as part of the Lepcha block, ensuring its digital preservation and use in modern computing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C03 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Letter Ga |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᰃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᰃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB0 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C03 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C03 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c03 |