U+11188 "๐" Sharada Letter Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11188 "๐" Sharada Letter Uu is a character from the Sharada script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used to write the Sanskrit, Kashmiri, and other languages in the Kashmir region and parts of northern India. This specific character represents the long vowel "Uu," corresponding to the Devanagari letter เค, and is used to denote a prolonged or distinct vowel sound in the transcription of sacred texts and historical manuscripts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard enables the digital preservation and accurate representation of the Sharada script, supporting scholarly work and cultural heritage efforts related to South Asian epigraphy and linguistics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11188 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Sharada Letter Uu |
| Block | Sharada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑆈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑆈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x86 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDD88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011188 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udd88 |