U+112A1 "𑊡" Multani Letter Ya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑊡

U+112A1 "𑊡" Multani Letter Ya is a grapheme from the Multani script, an abugida historically used to write the Saraiki language in the Punjab region of modern-day Pakistan and India, and represents the consonantal sound /j/ similar to the English "y". This character is part of the Multani block in Unicode, codified in version 8.0 released in 2015, and it serves as a secondary writing form traditionally utilized for mercantile and religious documentation. The letter "Ya" is distinguished by its curved, calligraphic shape and is one of the several letters in the script that lack an inherent vowel, requiring diacritical marks to indicate specific vowel sounds. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the linguistic heritage of the Saraiki community and enables digital representation and exchange of the script in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+112A1
Version Added 8.0
Name Multani Letter Ya
Block Multani
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑊡
HTML Hex Encoding 𑊡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x8A 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDEA1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000112A1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udea1

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 Multani
Script Extensions Multani
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