U+11585 "ð‘–…" Siddham Letter Uu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð‘–…

U+11585 "ð‘–…" Siddham Letter Uu is a specific character within the Siddham script, an historic alphasyllabary used primarily in East Asia for writing Sanskrit and Buddhist texts. This character represents the long vowel "Å«," which is the longer counterpart to the short vowel "u," and is part of a rich inventory of vowel signs in the Siddham alphabet. It was encoded in Unicode to support the scholarly study, digital preservation, and accurate rendering of ancient manuscripts, particularly those related to Esoteric Buddhism and the transmission of mantras. Its inclusion allows modern researchers and practitioners to access and reproduce these sacred writings with correct orthographic detail across digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+11585
Version Added 7.0
Name Siddham Letter Uu
Block Siddham
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑖅
HTML Hex Encoding 𑖅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x96 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDD85
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011585
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\udd85

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 Siddham
Script Extensions Siddham
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter