U+1142F "𑐯" Newa Letter Lha Unicode Character

U+1142F "𑐯" Newa Letter Lha is a glyph used in the Newa script, which is traditionally employed to write the Newar language of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. This particular character represents the aspirated lateral consonant sound, often transliterated as "lha," and forms part of the script's core consonant inventory. It is encoded in the Unicode standard's Newa block, which was added to support the modern digital representation of this historic script, preserving texts ranging from ancient manuscripts to contemporary publications.