U+1C73 "ᱳ" Ol Chiki Letter Lo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1C73 "ᱳ" Ol Chiki Letter Lo is a symbol from the Ol Chiki script, which was designed specifically for writing the Santali language, an Austroasiatic language spoken by millions in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. This character represents the syllable "lo" and is part of a unique alphabet created in the 20th century by the Santali leader Pandit Raghunath Murmu to preserve and promote the linguistic heritage of the Santal people. As a vowel carrier consonant, it plays a key role in the phonetic structure of the script, contributing to the faithful representation of Santali sounds and enabling written communication in a language that was historically oral. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital compatibility and accessibility for modern computing and text processing.

General Properties

Code Point U+1C73
Version Added 5.1
Name Ol Chiki Letter Lo
Block Ol Chiki
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᱳ
HTML Hex Encoding ᱳ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB1 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1C73
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001C73
C/C++/Java Escape \u1c73

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 Alphabetic
Script Ol Chiki
Script Extensions Ol Chiki
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter