U+11BC7 "𑯇" Sunuwar Letter Ma Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑯇

U+11BC7 "𑯇" Sunuwar Letter Ma is a distinct glyph representing the 'ma' consonant sound in the Sunuwar language, which is spoken primarily in eastern Nepal by the Sunuwar people, an indigenous community. This character belongs to the Sunuwar script, a relatively recently encoded writing system in the Unicode Standard (added in 2022 as part of version 15.0), which is used to preserve and digitally represent the language’s unique phonetic inventory. The letter is visually designed with curved and angular strokes typical of the script, helping to distinguish Sunuwar from neighboring writing systems like Devanagari or Limbu. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital communication, documentation, and revitalization efforts for the Sunuwar language, supporting cultural heritage and literacy.

General Properties

Code Point U+11BC7
Version Added 16.0
Name Sunuwar Letter Ma
Block Sunuwar
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑯇
HTML Hex Encoding 𑯇
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xAF 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD806 0xDFC7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011BC7
C/C++/Java Escape \ud806\udfc7

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