U+11190 "𑆐" Sharada Letter Au Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑆐

U+11190 "𑆐" Sharada Letter Au is a vowel character used in the Sharada script, an ancient writing system primarily employed for writing the Kashmiri and Sanskrit languages in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Kashmir and surrounding areas. This letter represents the diphthong sound "au" and forms a part of the script's vowel inventory, which appears alongside consonants within its abugida structure where vowels are typically diacritically marked but also have independent forms like this one. The Sharada script has historical significance for its role in inscribing texts on copper plates and manuscripts, and this character is encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital text processing, linguistic research, and preservation of the script's cultural heritage. Its inclusion helps enable modern electronic communication and archival for the languages that rely on the Sharada orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+11190
Version Added 6.1
Name Sharada Letter Au
Block Sharada
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑆐
HTML Hex Encoding 𑆐
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x86 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDD90
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011190
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udd90

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