U+1C43 "᱃" Lepcha Digit Three Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᱃
U+1C43 "᱃" Lepcha Digit Three is part of the Lepcha script, which is used to write the Lepcha language spoken primarily in Sikkim, India, and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. This character specifically represents the numeral three in the traditional Lepcha decimal numeral system, which has its own unique set of digits distinct from the common Western or Devanagari numeral sets. The digit's design, with its curved and angular strokes, reflects the broader stylistic features of the Lepcha script, which is an abugida written from left to right. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that the Lepcha language can be digitally represented and preserved for modern communication and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C43 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Digit Three |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᱃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᱃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB1 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c43 |