U+11CAD "𑲭" Marchen Subjoined Letter Sa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑲭

U+11CAD "𑲭" Marchen Subjoined Letter Sa is part of the Marchen script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used to write Zhangzhung and Tibetan languages, particularly in the context of Bon religious texts. This specific character represents a subjoined form of the consonant "sa" that attaches below a preceding base character, functioning as a conjunct consonant marker in syllable formations. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the preservation and digital representation of the Marchen script, which is significant for scholarly work on Tibetan Buddhism and the historical languages of the Himalayan region.

General Properties

Code Point U+11CAD
Version Added 9.0
Name Marchen Subjoined Letter Sa
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 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDCAD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011CAD
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udcad

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