U+11B66 "ð‘¦" Sharada Vowel Sign Candra E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð‘¦
U+11B66 "ð‘¦" Sharada Vowel Sign Candra E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sharada script, which is historically employed to write the Kashmiri and Sanskrit languages in the Kashmir region and parts of Central Asia. This specific character represents a vowel sign that modifies a consonant, indicating a short "e" sound similar to the "e" in "bed," and it is placed above the consonant character. As part of the Sharada alphabet, it plays a crucial role in accurately representing the phonetic nuances of these classical and regional languages, particularly in religious and literary manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11B66 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Sharada Vowel Sign Candra E |
| Block | Sharada Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑭦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑭦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xAD 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDF66 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011B66 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udf66 |