U+16D4C "𖵌" Kirat Rai Letter Jha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖵌

U+16D4C "𖵌" Kirat Rai Letter Jha is a specific glyph from the Kirat Rai script, a writing system used historically for the Kirat languages spoken in parts of Nepal and neighboring regions, such as Limbu and other related Sino-Tibetan languages. This letter represents the consonant sound "jha," which is a breathy or aspirated voiced palatal affricate, similar to the sound in some South Asian languages. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard within the Kirat Rai block, which was added to support the digital preservation and electronic usage of this script, allowing for modern textual representation and communication in these endangered languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+16D4C
Version Added 16.0
Name Kirat Rai Letter Jha
Block Kirat Rai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖵌
HTML Hex Encoding 𖵌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81B 0xDD4C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016D4C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81b\udd4c

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 Kirat Rai
Script Extensions Kirat Rai
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
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