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᥅

limbu question mark

Limbu Question Mark

᥅ marks a question in Limbu writing. A 2002 proposal places its distinctive form in Sikkimese mixed-script typography, alongside the separate double-line Devanagari sentence-ending mark (॥).

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᥅ · Limbu punctuation · Sirijanga · Sikkimese typography
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What ᥅ means

It marks a question in Limbu writing.

A 2002 encoding proposal calls ᥅ ordinary question punctuation and identifies Devanagari double danda (॥) as Limbu's main sentence-ending mark. It reports Limbu writing in general use in Nepal, Sikkim, and Darjeeling, and notes this question-mark shape especially in Sikkimese typography and mixed-script documents.

The script is traditionally credited to a figure named Sirijanga. The oldest known Limbu-script writings were collected in the 1850s; development of the modern script began in 1925, and its current form has been used since the 1970s.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does ᥅ show as a box?

A font mismatch. A 2023 Windows 10 report described rectangles until the keyboard and font name matched.

How to type ᥅

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1945, then Alt+X to get ᥅.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “limbu question mark”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1945, then Enter or Space.
HTML
᥅
CSS
\1945
Font support
If your keyboard enters ᥅ but the active font shows a box, select a font with Limbu coverage.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
᥅
HTML hex
᥅
CSS content
content: "\1945";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%A5%85
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Indian scripts3,440 symbols