U+11336 "𑌶" Grantha Letter Sha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑌶
U+11336 "𑌶" Grantha Letter Sha is a character used in the Grantha script, an ancient and traditional writing system of South India primarily employed to write Sanskrit and sometimes Tamil. This letter represents the voiceless palatal fricative sound "sha" (like the "sh" in "shut") and is an essential component of the Grantha alphabet, which was historically vital for recording Hindu religious texts, philosophical works, and scientific treatises. The character is part of the Unicode Grantha block, added to the standard to support digital preservation and scholarly study of this historic script, which bridges the Tamil and Sanskrit linguistic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11336 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Grantha Letter Sha |
| Block | Grantha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑌶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑌶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8C 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF36 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011336 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf36 |