U+0CB6 "ಶ" Kannada Letter Sha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಶ
U+0CB6 "ಶ" Kannada Letter Sha is a symbol used in the Kannada script, which is primarily employed to write the Kannada language spoken in the state of Karnataka, India. This character represents the voiceless palato-alveolar fricative sound "ʃa," similar to the "sh" in the English word "shut." As part of the Kannada abugida, it is a consonant that carries an inherent vowel "a" unless modified by a vowel diacritic, and it is used extensively in Kannada literature, official documents, and digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CB6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Sha |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CB6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CB6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0cb6 |