U+1143A "𑐺" Newa Vowel Sign Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐺
U+1143A "𑐺" Newa Vowel Sign Vocalic R is a combining diacritical mark used in the Newa script, which is primarily employed to write the Newar language of Nepal. This character represents a vocalic r sound, a vowel-like pronunciation of the letter r, and is placed above or attached to a consonant base to modify its vowel component. It is part of the Newa block in Unicode, which was added to support the historical and modern use of the script in cultural and linguistic contexts, particularly for preserving and digitally representing the Newar language's unique phonetic features.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1143A |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Vowel Sign Vocalic R |
| 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001143A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc3a |