U+115A3 "ð‘–£" Siddham Letter Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð‘–£
U+115A3 "ð‘–£" Siddham Letter Pha is a glyph from the Siddham script, an ancient Indian writing system historically used primarily for writing Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, particularly in East Asia. This specific character represents the aspirated consonant sound "pha" and forms part of the core syllabic inventory of the Siddham alphabet, which was instrumental in transmitting Mahayana Buddhist scriptures from India to China, Japan, and Korea. The character is distinguished by its characteristic curved and angular strokes, reflecting the calligraphic style developed by Japanese esoteric Buddhist monks who preserved the script for ritual and ornamental purposes long after its decline in India.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+115A3 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Siddham Letter Pha |
| Block | Siddham |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑖣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑖣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x96 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDDA3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000115A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udda3 |