LEPCHA LETTER FLA·U+1C12

Character Information

Code Point
U+1C12
HEX
1C12
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 B0 92
11100001 10110000 10010010
UTF16 (big Endian)
1C 12
00011100 00010010
UTF16 (little Endian)
12 1C
00010010 00011100
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 1C 12
00000000 00000000 00011100 00010010
UTF32 (little Endian)
12 1C 00 00
00010010 00011100 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ᰒ
URI Encoded
%E1%B0%92

Description

The Unicode character U+1C12, known as "LEPCHA LETTER FLA," is a crucial element of the Lepcha script. Lepcha is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Sikkim and in Bhutan. This particular character serves as one of the 21 consonants within the Lepcha script, which has been adopted into Unicode to support the digital representation and exchange of texts written in this language. In the context of typography, U+1C12 is an integral component that facilitates accurate representation and transcription of Lepcha texts across various digital platforms, thus preserving the cultural and linguistic integrity of the language for its speakers.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 7186 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+1C12. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+1C12 to binary: 00011100 00010010. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100001 10110000 10010010