U+16D5E "𖵞" Kirat Rai Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖵞
U+16D5E "𖵞" Kirat Rai Letter La is a character from the Kirat Rai script, which is used to write the Kirat Rai languages spoken by the Kirat communities in Nepal and parts of India, including languages like Bantawa, Chamling, and Kulung. This specific character represents the sound "la" and was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Kirat Rai block in Version 16.0, released in 2024. Its inclusion helps preserve and digitally encode an indigenous script that has a rich cultural and linguistic history, enabling modern text processing and communication for these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16D5E |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Kirat Rai Letter La |
| Block | Kirat Rai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖵞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖵞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB5 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDD5E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016D5E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udd5e |