U+111B5 "𑆵" Sharada Vowel Sign Ii Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+111B5 "𑆵" Sharada Vowel Sign Ii is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sharada script, which is historically employed for writing the Kashmiri and Sanskrit languages. This vowel sign represents the long vowel sound "ii" and is attached to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, indicating a prolonged or elongated pronunciation. It appears as a distinctive stroke or curl positioned above or to the side of the base consonant, depending on the specific orthographic conventions of the script. The Sharada script itself is part of the Brahmic family of writing systems, and this vowel sign is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Sharada block, contributing to the digital preservation of this ancient and culturally significant script.

General Properties

Code Point U+111B5
Version Added 6.1
Name Sharada Vowel Sign Ii
Block Sharada
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑆵
HTML Hex Encoding 𑆵
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x86 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDDB5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000111B5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\uddb5

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 Combining Mark
Script Sharada
Script Extensions Sharada
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Right
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend