U+11C8C "𑲌" Marchen Letter Sha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑲌

U+11C8C "𑲌" Marchen Letter Sha is a glyph from the Marchen script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in the Himalayan region to write the Zhangzhung and later Tibetan languages, particularly in the context of the Bon religious tradition. This specific character represents the sound "sha," akin to the English "sh" in "shut," and is part of a relatively rare script that was added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 with the release of version 11.0, allowing for its digital representation and preservation. The Marchen script, with its unique, angular calligraphic forms, is primarily of academic and historical interest, as it is no longer in common daily use but remains important for studying ancient manuscripts and inscriptions from the Tibetan cultural sphere.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C8C
Version Added 9.0
Name Marchen Letter Sha
Block Marchen
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑲌
HTML Hex Encoding 𑲌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB2 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC8C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C8C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc8c

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 Marchen
Script Extensions Marchen
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter