U+11CAC "𑲬" Marchen Subjoined Letter Sha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑲬

U+11CAC "𑲬" Marchen Subjoined Letter Sha is a graphical component of the Marchen script, which was historically used to write the Zhang-Zhung language, a precursor to modern Tibetan used in the Bon and, occasionally, Tibetan Buddhist traditions. This specific character represents a subjoined form of the consonant "Sha," meaning it is designed to attach vertically beneath another base consonant letter to form a conjunct cluster, a common feature in Indic and Tibetan-derived scripts. Its visual appearance is a smaller, stylized version of the standard "Sha" character, positioned below the main letter to indicate a consonant cluster or a special phonetic relationship. As part of the Marchen block, which was added to Unicode in version 9.0 (2016) to facilitate digital preservation of historical texts, this character helps scholars and linguists accurately transcribe and study ancient manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+11CAC
Version Added 9.0
Name Marchen Subjoined Letter Sha
Block Marchen
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 0xB2 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDCAC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011CAC
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udcac

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Marchen
Script Extensions Marchen
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant Subjoined
Indic Positional Category Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend