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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Rejang
Script Extensions Rejang
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant Final
Indic Positional Category Top
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend