U+11183 "𑆃" Sharada Letter A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑆃

U+11183 "𑆃" Sharada Letter A is the first vowel of the Sharada script, an ancient writing system used primarily from the 8th to the 20th centuries to write the Kashmiri and Sanskrit languages in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent. Representing the inherent vowel sound /a/, this character serves as a fundamental building block for syllables in the script, and it is typically combined with consonant characters to form full phonetic units. In its standalone form, it appears as a distinct grapheme, and its design reflects the elegant, curvilinear style characteristic of Sharada inscriptions and manuscripts. This letter is part of the Unicode block for Sharada, which was added to the standard in 2013 to support the digital preservation and modern use of this historical script.

General Properties

Code Point U+11183
Version Added 6.1
Name Sharada Letter A
Block Sharada
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑆃
HTML Hex Encoding 𑆃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x86 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDD83
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011183
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udd83

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 Sharada
Script Extensions Sharada
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
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