U+16D55 "𖵕" Kirat Rai Letter Dha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖵕
U+16D55 "𖵕" Kirat Rai Letter Dha is a character from the Kirat Rai script, an alphasyllabary used historically to write the languages of the Kirat people in Nepal and northeastern India. This specific letter represents the sound "dha" and is part of the broader effort to digitally encode the script, which was added to the Unicode Standard in Version 16.0 released in 2024 to support the preservation and modern use of Kirat Rai languages. The character's inclusion helps facilitate written communication, cultural documentation, and digital accessibility for the Kirat Rai community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D55 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter Dha |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd55 |