U+0937 "ष" Devanagari Letter Ssa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0937 "ष" Devanagari Letter Ssa is a consonant in the Devanagari script used for writing languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, and Marathi, representing a retroflex sibilant sound that is pronounced with the tongue curled back against the roof of the mouth, similar to the "sh" in "shell" but with a distinct retroflex quality. It forms the 30th character of the Devanagari consonantal alphabet and appears in words like "कृष्ण" (Krishna) and "भाषा" (language), often combining with other consonants through ligatures or vowel diacritics to produce various syllabic forms.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0937
Name
Devanagari Letter Ssa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ष
HTML Hex Encoding
ष
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA4 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0937
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000937
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0937
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Devanagari