U+1143F "𑐿" Newa Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑐿
U+1143F "𑐿" Newa Vowel Sign Ai is a diacritical mark used in the Newa script, which is traditionally employed to write the Newar language of Nepal. This character represents a vowel sign that modifies a consonant to include the "ai" sound, corresponding to a diphthong in the language's phonology. It is part of the Newa block in Unicode, encoded to support digital representation and preservation of the Newa script, which has historical significance for inscriptions and manuscripts in the Kathmandu Valley. The vowel sign typically appears as a combining mark placed above or to the left of a base consonant character within written text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1143F |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Vowel Sign Ai |
| 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 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001143F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc3f |