U+1C1C "ᰜ" Lepcha Letter La Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1C1C "ᰜ" Lepcha Letter La is the tenth consonant in the Lepcha script, which is used to write the Lepcha language spoken primarily in Sikkim, India, and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. This syllable represents the sound /la/ and appears as a distinct glyph in the script, which is noted for its rounded shapes and unique writing direction. The Lepcha alphabet itself was derived from the Tibetan script and later standardized for modern digital encoding to preserve the language's literary heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1C1C
Version Added 5.1
Name Lepcha Letter La
Block Lepcha
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᰜ
HTML Hex Encoding ᰜ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB0 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1C1C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001C1C
C/C++/Java Escape \u1c1c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Lepcha
Script Extensions Lepcha
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter