U+0428 "Ш" Cyrillic Capital Letter Sha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ш
U+0428 "Ш" Cyrillic Capital Letter Sha is a letter used in multiple Cyrillic alphabets, including Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbian, where it represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative sound /ʃ/, similar to the English "sh" in "ship". Its visual form, resembling a three-pronged shape, is believed to have originated from the Hebrew letter shin or from earlier Glagolitic script. In both uppercase and lowercase (ш), it appears in numerous Slavic and non-Slavic languages that employ the Cyrillic writing system, often carrying cultural significance as a symbol in typography and national identity. The letter is distinct from the similar-looking "Щ" (Shcha) which represents a longer or palatalized sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0428 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Sha |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ш |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ш |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD0 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0428 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000428 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0428 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| East Asian Width | Ambiguous |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ш" U+0448 Cyrillic Small Letter Sha |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ш" U+0448 Cyrillic Small Letter Sha |
| Simple Case Folding | "ш" U+0448 Cyrillic Small Letter Sha |
| Case Folding | "ш" U+0448 Cyrillic Small Letter Sha |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ш" U+0448 Cyrillic Small Letter Sha |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ш" U+0448 Cyrillic Small Letter Sha |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Script Extensions | Cyrillic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |