What 𑑆 means
It changes a consonant's sound. Attached to a letter, it retunes it for sounds the Newa alphabet never spelled, mostly in loanwords.
Newa, the historic script of Nepal Bhasa, also called Nepalakshar or Prachalit, is Brahmi-derived and attested since the tenth century; manuscripts at Kathmandu's Asha Archives show nukta on the letter va.
An orthography guide updated April 2026 calls its present-day use unclear; expect it mainly in older texts and borrowed vocabulary.
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Who writes 𑑆
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Don't confuse it with
1Same job, different character; it joins Devanagari letters only.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does Newa nukta look missing?
Font support: it needs a base letter and a Newa-capable font.
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How to type or find 𑑆
- Also called
- Newa nuqta · nuqta
- Search it as
- newar · nepalakshar · prachalit · diacritic
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𑑆CSS
\11446Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𑑆
HTML hex
𑑆
CSS content
content: "\11446";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%91%91%86
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.