U+111C2 "𑇂" Sharada Sign Jihvamuliya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+111C2 "𑇂" Sharada Sign Jihvamuliya is a diacritical mark used in the Sharada script, an ancient writing system primarily employed for the Kashmiri and Sanskrit languages in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent. This sign represents the "jihvamuliya," a phonetic element in Vedic recitation indicating a specific guttural sound produced with the base of the tongue, often associated with the voiceless velar fricative that appears before certain consonants in Sanskrit phonology. It functions as a supplementary character in the Sharada block of Unicode, aiding in the accurate transcription of sacred Vedic texts where precise pronunciation and tonal nuances are preserved.

General Properties

Code Point U+111C2
Version Added 6.1
Name Sharada Sign Jihvamuliya
Block Sharada
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑇂
HTML Hex Encoding 𑇂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x87 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDDC2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000111C2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\uddc2

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 Consonant Prefixed
Indic Positional Category Top
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Prepend
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter