U+11BC3 "𑯃" Sunuwar Letter Imar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑯃

U+11BC3 "𑯃" Sunuwar Letter Imar is part of the Sunuwar alphabet, a writing system used to write the Sunuwar language of Nepal and India, and it represents the sound for the vowel-like phoneme /a/ or a specific glottal onset in the script, known as "Imar." This character belongs to the Sunuwar block of Unicode, which was added in version 14.0 in 2021 to support the modern orthography of this endangered language. The Sunuwar script is unique as it was devised in the 20th century by linguistic activists and is distinct from other Brahmic scripts, with "Imar" serving as a foundational character that appears frequently in written texts. As an official part of the Unicode Standard, this character helps preserve and digitally enable the Sunuwar language, facilitating communication and documentation for its speakers.

General Properties

Code Point U+11BC3
Version Added 16.0
Name Sunuwar Letter Imar
Block Sunuwar
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑯃
HTML Hex Encoding 𑯃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xAF 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD806 0xDFC3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011BC3
C/C++/Java Escape \ud806\udfc3

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 Sunuwar
Script Extensions Sunuwar
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter