U+11C86 "𑲆" Marchen Letter Zha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑲆
U+11C86 "𑲆" Marchen Letter Zha is a specific glyph from the Marchen script, an ancient writing system historically used to transcribe the Tibetan language and indigenous Zhangzhung texts, particularly within the Bön religious tradition. This character represents a distinct consonant sound, likely a voiced postalveolar affricate, and its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and study of this historically significant but endangered script, which is characterized by elegant, flowing strokes that reflect its origins in Central Asian calligraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C86 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Marchen Letter Zha |
| Block | Marchen |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑲆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑲆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB2 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC86 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C86 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc86 |