U+1C27 "ᰧ" Lepcha Vowel Sign I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1C27 "ᰧ" Lepcha Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lepcha script, which is indigenous to the Sikkim region of India and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. It modifies a consonant symbol to represent the vowel sound "i" within the Lepcha language, and it is positioned above the base consonant character in written text. This vowel sign is an essential component of Lepcha orthography, enabling the accurate representation of the language's phonetic system in digital and printed media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C27 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Vowel Sign I |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᰧ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᰧ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB0 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C27 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C27 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c27 |