U+1C34 "ᰴ" Lepcha Consonant Sign Nyin-Do Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1C34 "ᰴ" Lepcha Consonant Sign Nyin-Do is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lepcha script of Sikkim and parts of Nepal and Bhutan to modify the inherent vowel sound of a consonant, specifically to represent the vowel 'o' when attached to a consonant base. This sign is always used as a dependent vowel marker, placed above or attached to a Lepcha consonant letter, and it distinguishes itself from other Lepcha vowel signs through its unique curved shape. As part of the Lepcha block in Unicode, it supports the accurate digital encoding of this Tibeto-Burman language, preserving the linguistic nuances of Lepcha orthography and enabling proper text rendering in modern computing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+1C34
Version Added 5.1
Name Lepcha Consonant Sign Nyin-Do
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 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1C34
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001C34
C/C++/Java Escape \u1c34

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 Bindu
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