U+11417 "𑐗" Newa Letter Jha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐗
U+11417 "𑐗" Newa Letter Jha is a character from the Newa script, which is historically used to write the Newar language of Nepal, and it specifically represents the aspirated voiced palatal affricate sound similar to the "jh" in English words like "hedgehog." This letter is part of the Newa block in Unicode, which was added to support the digital encoding of this ancient script that continues to be used for ceremonial and literary purposes today. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and promote the linguistic heritage of the Newar community, allowing for consistent text representation across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11417 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Letter Jha |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑐗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑐗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011417 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc17 |