U+16D57 "" Kirat Rai Letter Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16D57 "" Kirat Rai Letter Pa is a member of the Kirat Rai script, a writing system used historically for the Limbu language in Eastern Nepal and parts of Sikkim and West Bengal. This specific character represents the sound "pa," serving as a consonant in the script's syllabic inventory. U+16D57 was added to the Unicode Standard in 2024 as part of Version 16.0, aiding in digital preservation and accurate representation of this endangered script. Notable Unicode blocks containing this character include the Kirat Rai block (U+16D50 to U+16D7F).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D57 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter Pa |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D57 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd57 |