U+11443 "𑑃" Newa Sign Candrabindu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑑃
U+11443 "𑑃" Newa Sign Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the Newa script, primarily employed for writing the Newar language of Nepal, to indicate nasalization of a vowel, much like the Candrabindu diacritic in other Brahmic scripts such as Devanagari. This sign resembles a crescent moon with a dot above it and is placed above a character to modify its pronunciation, reflecting the phonetic needs of the Newa writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for proper digital representation and preservation of the Newa script, which is integral to the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Kathmandu Valley.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11443 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Sign Candrabindu |
| 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 0x91 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011443 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc43 |