U+1C4D "ᱍ" Lepcha Letter Tta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᱍ
U+1C4D "ᱍ" Lepcha Letter Tta is a specific consonant used in the Lepcha script, which is indigenous to the Lepcha people of Sikkim, India, and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. Representing the sound /t̪/, the unaspirated voiceless dental plosive, this character forms a core part of the Lepcha alphabet, traditionally written from left to right and featuring a distinctive rounded, flowing style. The Lepcha script is relatively unique in that its consonants often include inherent vowel sounds, and the letter Tta is employed in writing traditional Lepcha texts, modern literature, and cultural records, serving to preserve the linguistic heritage of the Lepcha community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C4D |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Letter Tta |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᱍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᱍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB1 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c4d |