U+A951 "ꥑ" Rejang Consonant Sign R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꥑ
U+A951 "ꥑ" Rejang Consonant Sign R is a combining diacritical mark used in the Rejang script, an abugida historically employed to write the Rejang language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia. This specific sign functions as a vowel extender, altering the inherent vowel of a consonant character to represent a drawn-out or lengthened sound, while also serving to clarify syllable boundaries within written text. It is a visual modification typically placed above or attached to the base consonant letter, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital representations of the Rejang language preserve the phonetic distinctions essential for accurate reading and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A951 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Rejang Consonant Sign R |
| Block | Rejang |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꥑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꥑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA5 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA951 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A951 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua951 |