U+11438 "𑐸" Newa Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐸
U+11438 "𑐸" Newa Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Newa script, which is traditionally employed to write the Nepal Bhasa language. This vowel sign represents the sound /u/ and attaches to a consonant letter, modifying its inherent vowel to the short u sound. It is part of the Newa block in Unicode, included to support the digital representation of this ancient script of the Kathmandu Valley.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11438 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Vowel Sign U |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑐸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑐸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x90 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011438 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc38 |