U+11449 "𑑉" Newa Om Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑑉
U+11449 "𑑉" Newa Om is a distinctive symbol from the Newa script, historically used to write the Nepal Bhasa language in the Kathmandu Valley, and it represents the sacred syllable "Om" or "Aum," an iconic and profoundly spiritual sound in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. This character is part of the Newa block in Unicode, encoded to support the preservation and digital representation of the Newar community's cultural and religious heritage. Its form is a stylized ligature, often used in manuscripts, inscriptions, and contemporary digital texts to invoke auspiciousness, meditation, or divine presence, distinct from the more common Devanagari or Tibetan renditions of Om.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11449 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Om |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑑉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑑉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x91 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011449 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc49 |