U+11404 "𑐄" Newa Letter U Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑐄

U+11404 "𑐄" Newa Letter U is a character from the Newa script, which is traditionally used to write the Newar language of Nepal, and it represents the vowel sound "u" as in the English word "boot". This letter is part of the Newa block of Unicode, which was added to support the digital preservation and communication of this historically significant script. Its form is distinct, appearing as an independent vowel glyph that can also combine with consonants to form syllables, and its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that the Newar language and its literary heritage can be accurately rendered and transmitted in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+11404
Version Added 9.0
Name Newa Letter U
Block Newa
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑐄
HTML Hex Encoding 𑐄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDC04
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011404
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\udc04

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 Newa
Script Extensions Newa
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
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