U+16D58 "𖵘" Kirat Rai Letter Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖵘
U+16D58 "𖵘" Kirat Rai Letter Pha is a character from the Kirat Rai script, which is used to write the Kirat Rai languages, such as Bantawa, Chamling, and others spoken by the Kirat communities in Nepal and parts of India. This particular letter represents the consonant sound /pʰ/ (an aspirated "p") and is part of a relatively recent addition to the Unicode Standard, encoded in Unicode version 14.0 in 2021 to support the preservation and digital use of this endangered script. Its inclusion helps facilitate modern communication, documentation, and cultural continuity for the Kirat Rai people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D58 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter Pha |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD58 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D58 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd58 |