U+1C05 "ᰅ" Lepcha Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1C05 "ᰅ" Lepcha Letter Nga is part of the Lepcha script, which is used to write the Lepcha language spoken primarily in the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal, as well as in parts of Nepal and Bhutan. This specific character represents the velar nasal consonant sound "nga," akin to the "ng" in the English word "sing." It belongs to the Lepcha block within Unicode, which was added to support the preservation and digital representation of this endangered language. The letter is written with a distinctive curved shape and appears in both historical manuscripts and modern digital texts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1C05
Name
Lepcha Letter Nga
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᰅ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᰅ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xB0 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1C05
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001C05
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1c05
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Lepcha