U+0AB6 "શ" Gujarati Letter Sha Unicode Character

U+0AB6 "શ" Gujarati Letter Sha is a consonant in the Gujarati abugida representing the voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant sound, similar to the English "sh" in "shoe." It is part of the Gujarati script block in Unicode, used primarily to write the Gujarati language, and its glyph combines a curved horizontal stroke with a vertical descender, distinguishing it from similar letters like "ષ" (Ṣha). This character holds linguistic and cultural importance in written Gujarati, appearing in common words, religious texts, and names, such as in the word "શાળા" (shāḷā) meaning "school."