U+11400 "𑐀" Newa Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐀
U+11400 "𑐀" Newa Letter A is part of the Newa script, an abugida traditionally used to write the Nepal Bhasa language in the Kathmandu Valley. It represents the inherent vowel 'a' and serves as the first character in the script's alphabet, functioning as a foundational syllable base from which other modified syllables are derived. This character was included in the Unicode Standard as part of version 9.0, released in June 2016, in order to support the digital preservation and modern communication of the Newar language and its cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11400 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Letter A |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑐀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑐀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011400 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc00 |