U+0936 "श" Devanagari Letter Sha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0936 "श" Devanagari Letter Sha is a consonant used in the Devanagari script, representing the voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant sound /ʃ/, similar to the 'sh' in the English word "shirt." It is part of the Devanagari block within the Unicode standard, which supports languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit, and it is often used in combination with vowel diacritics to form syllables. The character is written with a distinctive curved shape, including a horizontal top line that connects it to adjacent characters in a word, reflecting the typical structural features of the Devanagari script.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0936
Name
Devanagari Letter Sha
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
श
HTML Hex Encoding
श
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA4 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0936
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000936
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0936
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Devanagari