U+1142C "𑐬" Newa Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐬
U+1142C "𑐬" Newa Letter Ra is a glyph from the Newa script, which is historically used to write the Newar language of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, representing the consonant sound "ra." This character belongs to the Newa block of Unicode, added to facilitate digital text processing and preservation of Nepal's indigenous writing systems. Its inclusion in Unicode supports cultural heritage, enabling accurate representation of texts from inscriptions, manuscripts, and modern publications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1142C |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Letter Ra |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑐬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑐬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001142C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc2c |