U+11435 "𑐵" Newa Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑐵

U+11435 "𑐵" Newa Vowel Sign Aa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Newa script, which is traditionally employed to write the Newar language of Nepal. This specific character functions as a vowel sign that modifies a consonant to represent the long "aa" sound, similar to the vowel sign ā in other Brahmic scripts. It is placed after or attached to a base consonant character within the Newa orthography, playing a key role in accurately transcribing the phonetic length and quality of vowels in written Newar. As part of the Unicode standard encoded in the Newa block, it ensures the digital preservation and representation of this historic script.

General Properties

Code Point U+11435
Version Added 9.0
Name Newa Vowel Sign Aa
Block Newa
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑐵
HTML Hex Encoding 𑐵
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDC35
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011435
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\udc35

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 Combining Mark
Script Newa
Script Extensions Newa
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Right
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend