U+1118C "𑆌" Sharada Letter Vocalic Ll Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑆌
U+1118C "𑆌" Sharada Letter Vocalic Ll is a grapheme from the Sharada script, an ancient writing system historically used in the Kashmir and Punjab regions of the Indian subcontinent for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri. This specific character represents a vocalic form of the consonant cluster "Ll," essentially a vowel sound that arises from a syllabic lateral consonant, and it is part of the script's inventory for accurately transcribing the phonetic nuances of Sanskrit texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations of historical and liturgical manuscripts, many of which are critical for studying early South Asian linguistics and religion, can be preserved and exchanged reliably across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1118C |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Sharada Letter Vocalic Ll |
| Block | Sharada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑆌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑆌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x86 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDD8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001118C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udd8c |