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𑑝

newa insertion sign

Newa Insertion Sign

𑑝 is the Newa insertion sign called tansaa: in manuscript editing, it marks where missing words belong. It is editorial notation, not ordinary punctuation. A Newa manuscript of the Buddhist Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra is dated 908 CE; that dates the script’s record, not this sign.

Text symbol

Also called: tansaa
Search it as: Newa manuscript mark · Newa caret
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𑑝 means

It marks where added wording belongs. Newa manuscript editing distinguishes insertion from deletion and from placeholders for missing space. A separate deletion mark attaches to text being removed.

How is Newa linked to other scripts?

It descends from Brahmi through northern Gupta. Both are earlier South Asian scripts. Newa is also related to Bengali and Tirhuta scripts; that does not show they share this sign.

Specialist manuscript notation; unclear outside that context.

Used as decoration, it still reads as an instruction to insert text.

Don't confuse it with

Circumflex Accent

A typed caret is a different sign; 𑑝 marks where Newa manuscript text should be inserted.

Questions people ask

Why does 𑑝 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 𑑝

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 1145D, then Alt+X to get 𑑝.

Windows

Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).

macOS

Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “newa insertion sign”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 1145d, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𑑝

CSS

\1145D

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𑑝

HTML hex

𑑝

CSS content

content: "\1145D";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%91%91%9D

On screen

Code points

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Indian scripts3,440 symbols

ऀ ँ ं ः ऄ अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ