U+A940 "ꥀ" Rejang Letter Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꥀ
U+A940 "ꥀ" Rejang Letter Wa is a specific character from the Rejang script, an abugida historically used to write the Rejang language spoken on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, and now primarily employed for ceremonial or decorative purposes. This character represents the syllable or sound "wa," functioning as a consonant letter within the script's inventory. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text processing systems can correctly render and preserve the Rejang script, aiding in the documentation and revitalization of this cultural writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A940 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Rejang Letter Wa |
| Block | Rejang |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꥀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꥀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA5 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA940 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A940 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua940 |