U+10A2D "𐨭" Kharoshthi Letter Sha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐨭

U+10A2D "𐨭" Kharoshthi Letter Sha is a symbol from the ancient Kharoshthi script, which was used from around the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE primarily to write the Gandhari Prakrit language in regions of modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. This letter represents the consonant sound "sha" and belongs to a script that was written from right to left, famously employed in Buddhist texts, inscriptions, and coins of the Indo-Greek and Kushan empires. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this historically significant writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+10A2D
Version Added 4.1
Name Kharoshthi Letter Sha
Block Kharoshthi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐨭
HTML Hex Encoding 𐨭
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA8 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDE2D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010A2D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\ude2d

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
Script Kharoshthi
Script Extensions Kharoshthi
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
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 OLetter