U+110A8 "𑂨" Kaithi Letter Ya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑂨

U+110A8 "𑂨" Kaithi Letter Ya is a glyph representing the consonant "ya" in the Kaithi script, a historical writing system primarily used for languages like Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Magahi in parts of northern India and Nepal. This character belongs to the Kaithi block, encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve and support the digital representation of this script, which was widely employed for administrative and literary purposes from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. The "ya" letter is a consonant sound, pronounced like the English "y" in "yes," and appears in syllabic combinations within Kaithi, functioning as part of the script's abugida structure where inherent vowels are modified by diacritics. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that scholarly research, historical documents, and modern digital communication can accurately render this important cultural script.

General Properties

Code Point U+110A8
Version Added 5.2
Name Kaithi Letter Ya
Block Kaithi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑂨
HTML Hex Encoding 𑂨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x82 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDCA8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000110A8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udca8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Kaithi
Script Extensions Kaithi
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter