U+11187 "𑆇" Sharada Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑆇
U+11187 "𑆇" Sharada Letter U is a vowel character used in the Sharada script, an ancient writing system historically employed to write Sanskrit and Kashmiri in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Kashmir. This specific character represents the short vowel sound "u" and is part of a broader set of vowel letters encoded in the Unicode standard to support the digital representation of the Sharada script. It is typically used in the middle or end of a syllable to denote the vowel following a consonant, and its graphic form is characterized by a curved, calligraphic stroke distinctive to the Sharada tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11187 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Sharada Letter U |
| Block | Sharada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑆇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑆇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x86 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDD87 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011187 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udd87 |