U+1E943 "𞥃" Adlam Small Letter Sha Unicode Character

U+1E943 "𞥃" Adlam Small Letter Sha is a character from the Adlam script, which was invented in the 1980s by the brothers Abdoulaye and Ibrahima Barry to write the Fulani language (Fulah) primarily in Guinea and other West African countries. This specific character represents the sound "sha" /ʃ/ and is used as part of the modern, standardized alphabet for the script, which has gained increasing digital and educational support. The Adlam script, whose name is an acronym for "Alkule Dandayɗe Leñol Mulugol" meaning "the alphabet that protects the peoples from vanishing," features a distinct cursive style written from right to left.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E943
Version Added	9.0
Name	Adlam Small Letter Sha
Block	Adlam
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞥃
HTML Hex Encoding	𞥃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA5 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDD43
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E943
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udd43

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	Dual Joining
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"𞤡" U+1E921 Adlam Capital Letter Sha
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𞤡" U+1E921 Adlam Capital Letter Sha
Uppercase Code Point	"𞤡" U+1E921 Adlam Capital Letter Sha
Titlecase Code Point	"𞤡" U+1E921 Adlam Capital Letter Sha
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Adlam
Script Extensions	Adlam
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
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	Lower