U+103F "ဿ" Myanmar Letter Great Sa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ဿ
Source: Noto Sans Myanmar Source: Browser Default

U+103F "ဿ" Myanmar Letter Great Sa is a distinctive consonant in the Burmese script, specifically used to represent a voiceless alveolar sibilant sound, similar to "sa," but it is historically and orthographically reserved for transliterating Pali and Sanskrit texts rather than native Burmese words. This character is formed as a ligature of two "sa" letters, reflecting its origin as a conjunct or double consonant in ancient Indian-derived scripts. In modern usage, it appears primarily in Buddhist religious writings and pali canon, reinforcing its specialized role in preserving precise pronunciation in liturgical and scholarly contexts.

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Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ဿ
HTML Hex Encoding
ဿ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x80 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x103F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000103F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u103f