U+16D5C "𖵜" Kirat Rai Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖵜
U+16D5C "𖵜" Kirat Rai Letter Ya is a symbol from the Kirat Rai script, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 as part of version 14.0 to support the writing of languages such as Bantawa, Chamling, and other Kiranti languages spoken primarily in Nepal. This particular letter represents the sound "ya" and belongs to a script designed for the Kirat Rai community, an indigenous group in the Himalayan region. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the linguistic heritage of these languages, enabling electronic communication and documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D5C |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter Ya |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd5c |