U+11447 "𑑇" Newa Sign Avagraha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑑇
U+11447 "𑑇" Newa Sign Avagraha is a punctuation mark used in the Newa script, which is historically employed to write the Nepal Bhasa language. It functions as an avagraha, a sign that typically indicates the elision or omission of a vowel sound in certain phonetic contexts, often at the end of a word where a vowel is dropped before a following vowel. This character is part of the Newa block in Unicode, specifically included to support accurate representation of written Newar texts where such pauses or contractions are necessary for proper reading and pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11447 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Sign Avagraha |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑑇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑑇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x91 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC47 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011447 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc47 |