U+1C3E "᰾" Lepcha Punctuation Tshook Cer-Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1C3E "᰾" Lepcha Punctuation Tshook Cer-Wa is a punctuation mark used in the Lepcha script, which is native to the Sikkim and Darjeeling regions of India. It functions as a sentence-final marker, specifically indicating a strong pause or the end of a statement, similar to a period or full stop in the Latin alphabet. Its name "Tshook Cer-Wa" translates to a "break" or "stop" in the Lepcha language, and it is one of several unique punctuation marks within the Lepcha block that help structure written text in this Tibeto-Burman script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C3E |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Punctuation Tshook Cer-Wa |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᰾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᰾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB0 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C3E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C3E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c3e |
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 | Break After |
| Script | Lepcha |
| Script Extensions | Lepcha |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |