U+111B7 "𑆷" Sharada Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑆷
U+111B7 "𑆷" Sharada Vowel Sign Uu is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sharada script, which historically was employed to write the Kashmiri and Sanskrit languages in parts of northern India and Central Asia. This sign represents the long vowel sound "ū" and is placed below a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, altering the pronunciation to a sustained, closed sound. As part of the Sharada block in Unicode, it supports the transcription of ancient manuscripts and modern scholarly work that preserves the linguistic heritage of the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+111B7 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Sharada Vowel Sign Uu |
| Block | Sharada |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑆷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑆷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x86 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDDB7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000111B7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\uddb7 |