U+16D4D "" Kirat Rai Letter Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16D4D "" Kirat Rai Letter Nya is a glyph used in the Kirat Rai script, an abugida historically employed to write the Bantawa language and other Kiranti languages spoken in eastern Nepal. Specifically categorized as a consonant representing the sound "nya," this character forms part of the Kirat Rai block within the Unicode Standard, contributing to the digital preservation of a writing system that has seen renewed interest among linguistic communities. Its inclusion allows for modern text encoding and communication in a script traditionally used in manuscripts and cultural records, bridging ancient heritage with contemporary technology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D4D |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter Nya |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd4d |