U+1142A "𑐪" Newa Letter Mha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐪
U+1142A "𑐪" Newa Letter Mha is a character in the Newa script, also known as Prachalit Nepal, used primarily to write the Nepal Bhasa language. It represents the aspirated bilabial nasal sound 'mha' and is part of the Newa block in the Unicode standard, encoded to support the digital preservation of texts from the Kathmandu Valley's cultural heritage. This character is historically significant for transcribing religious, literary, and everyday documents in the Newar community, and its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that the script remains accessible for modern computing and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1142A |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Letter Mha |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑐪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑐪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC2A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001142A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc2a |