U+16D48 "𖵈" Kirat Rai Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖵈
U+16D48 "𖵈" Kirat Rai Letter Nga is a specific glyph used in the Kirat Rai script, which is an abugida developed for writing the languages of the Kirat Rai ethnic groups in Nepal, including Bantawa, Chamling, and others. This character represents the voiced velar nasal sound "nga", a common phonetic element in these languages that corresponds to the sound found at the end of English words like "sing". Its inclusion in the Unicode standard, specifically within the Kirat Rai block added in Version 16.0, enables digital representation and preservation of the indigenous writing system, supporting efforts to document and revitalize the linguistic heritage of the Kirat Rai community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D48 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter Nga |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D48 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd48 |