U+1940 "᥀" Limbu Sign Loo Unicode Character
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U+1940 "᥀" Limbu Sign Loo is a punctuation mark used in the Limbu script of Nepal and northeastern India, functioning specifically as an exclamation or attention‑getting sign similar to a modern day call‑out symbol. Historically, it appears in traditional Limbu texts to denote an interjection or a command, often emphasizing a strong vocal expression such as a shout or a call. Despite its limited use outside specialist linguistic and cultural contexts, the character remains an essential part of written Limbu, preserving a unique tonal and rhetorical nuance within the script’s punctuation set.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1940
Name
Limbu Sign Loo
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
᥀
HTML Hex Encoding
᥀
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xA5 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1940
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001940
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1940
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Limbu