U+1C08 "ᰈ" Lepcha Letter Ja Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᰈ
U+1C08 "ᰈ" Lepcha Letter Ja is a consonant from the Lepcha script, which is used to write the Lepcha language spoken primarily in Sikkim, India, and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. This letter represents the sound "ja" and is part of the alphabet's set of consonants that are written with a distinctive, rounded calligraphic style typical of the Lepcha script. It plays a key role in forming syllables and words in the Lepcha writing system, which is believed to have developed from the Tibetan script and is written from left to right.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C08 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Letter Ja |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᰈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᰈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB0 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c08 |