U+16D5A "𖵚" Kirat Rai Letter Bha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖵚
U+16D5A "𖵚" Kirat Rai Letter Bha is a character from the Kirat Rai script, which is used to write the Kirat Rai languages spoken by the Kirat ethnic groups in Nepal and parts of India. This specific letter represents the sound "bha" and is part of the modern standardized orthography for languages such as Bantawa, Chamling, and others. The Kirat Rai script was added to Unicode in version 14.0, released in September 2021, to support the preservation and digital use of these indigenous languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D5A |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter Bha |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D5A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd5a |