U+1C27 "ᰧ" Lepcha Vowel Sign I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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 Combining Mark
Script Lepcha
Script Extensions Lepcha
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Left
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend