U+0BB6 "ஶ" Tamil Letter Sha Unicode Character

U+0BB6 "ஶ" Tamil Letter Sha is a distinct consonant in the Tamil script used to represent the voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant sound /ʃ/, similar to the "sh" in the English word "ship." Originally part of the Grantha script, it was adopted into modern Tamil to accurately transliterate Sanskrit and other loanwords, though its usage is relatively rare compared to the more common Tamil sibilant "ச." This character is encoded in the Tamil block of Unicode, enabling its digital representation and use in modern typography and text processing.