U+1144F "𑑏" Newa Abbreviation Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑑏
U+1144F "𑑏" Newa Abbreviation Sign is a mark used in the Newa script, historically employed for writing the Nepal Bhasa language in the Kathmandu Valley. This sign functions as an abbreviation indicator, typically placed above or after a word or phrase to denote that it has been shortened, similar in purpose to a period or a special mark in other writing systems. It is part of the Newa block in the Unicode Standard, which was added to support historical manuscripts and contemporary digital use of the script, preserving a key typographic convention of Newar scribal tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1144F |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Newa Abbreviation Sign |
| Block | Newa |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑑏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑑏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x91 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDC4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001144F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udc4f |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Newa |
| Script Extensions | Newa |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |