U+1050 "ၐ" Myanmar Letter Sha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ၐ
U+1050 "ၐ" Myanmar Letter Sha is a consonant used in the historical Myanmar script, specifically representing the sound "sha" as in the English "sh." This character is part of the Myanmar block within Unicode and is utilized for writing certain Pali and Sanskrit texts, particularly in Buddhist liturgical contexts, where it helps transcribe retroflex and palatal sounds that are not native to standard Burmese. As a lesser-known letter, it is often supported by specialized fonts and input methods, and it plays a role in preserving the orthography of ancient inscriptions and religious manuscripts from Southeast Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1050 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Myanmar Letter Sha |
| Block | Myanmar |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ၐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ၐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x81 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1050 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001050 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1050 |