U+1C4F "ᱏ" Lepcha Letter Dda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1C4F "ᱏ" Lepcha Letter Dda is a character from the Lepcha script, which is used to write the Lepcha language primarily in the Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Bhutan regions. This specific character represents the sound of a retroflex d in the Lepcha alphabet, functioning as a consonant that is distinct from the dental d sound in the script. It is part of the broader Unicode block for Lepcha, which was encoded to preserve and digitally support the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Lepcha people, allowing for accurate representation of their written language in modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C4F |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Letter Dda |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᱏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᱏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB1 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C4F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c4f |