U+A4EA "ꓪ" Lisu Letter Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꓪ
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 |