U+16D43 "" Kirat Rai Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16D43 "" Kirat Rai Letter A is the first letter of the Kirat Rai script, which was designed in the early 21st century to write the languages of the Kirati people in Nepal, such as Bantawa, Chamling, and others. This character represents the vowel sound /a/ and holds a fundamental place in the script's alphabet, reflecting efforts to preserve and promote the linguistic heritage of the Kirat community through modern digital encoding.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D43 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter A |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd43 |