U+11430 "𑐰" Newa Letter Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐰
U+11430 "𑐰" Newa Letter Wa is a glyph used in the Newa script for writing the Newar language, primarily spoken in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. It represents the syllable "wa" and is part of the Newa block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 to support historical and modern texts in this Brahmi-derived script. The character's design features a distinctive curved stroke, typical of Newa calligraphy, and is essential for accurately representing the phonetics of the language in digital form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11430 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Letter Wa |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑐰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑐰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC30 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011430 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc30 |