U+111BF "𑆿" Sharada Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑆿
U+111BF "𑆿" Sharada Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sharada script, an abugida historically employed to write Sanskrit and Kashmiri, particularly in the Kashmir region. This specific sign represents the vowel sound "au" and is written as a distinct mark attached to a consonant letter, modifying its inherent vowel to produce the diphthong. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this ancient script, which is essential for scholarly work and the cultural heritage of the languages it once served.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+111BF |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Sharada Vowel Sign Au |
| 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 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDDBF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000111BF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\uddbf |