U+A4EA "ꓪ" Lisu Letter Wa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A4EA "ꓪ" Lisu Letter Wa is a specific glyph used in the Lisu script, an alphabet created for writing the Lisu language spoken primarily in southwestern China, Myanmar, and Thailand. This character represents the consonant sound "w" as in English "water," and it belongs to the modern standardized set of Lisu letters encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital text and communication. Its design is distinct, featuring a rounded, hook-like shape that is typical of the script's calligraphic style, and it is used in combination with other letters and tone marks to accurately represent the tonal and phonetic nuances of the Lisu language.

General Properties

Code Point U+A4EA
Version Added 5.2
Name Lisu Letter Wa
Block Lisu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꓪ
HTML Hex Encoding ꓪ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x93 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA4EA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A4EA
C/C++/Java Escape \ua4ea

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Lisu
Script Extensions Lisu
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter