ಶ is the Unicode character KANNADA LETTER SHA, code point U+0CB6 (decimal 3254) in the Kannada block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ಶ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 B2 B6.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0CB6 |
| Decimal | 3254 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 B2 B6 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0CB6 |
| UTF-32 | 00000CB6 |
| HTML decimal | ಶ |
| HTML hex | ಶ |
| CSS | \CB6 |
| JavaScript | \u0CB6 |
| JSON | \u0CB6 |
| Python | \u0CB6 |
| Python by name | \N{KANNADA LETTER SHA} |
| Java, C# | \u0CB6 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{CB6} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0CB6 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%B2%B6 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | KANNADA LETTER SHA |
| Code point | U+0CB6 (decimal 3254) |
| Block | Kannada (U+0C80–U+0CFF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Kannada |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Kannada
- ಭ U+0CAD Kannada Letter Bha
- ಮ U+0CAE Kannada Letter Ma
- ಯ U+0CAF Kannada Letter Ya
- ರ U+0CB0 Kannada Letter Ra
- ಱ U+0CB1 Kannada Letter Rra
- ಲ U+0CB2 Kannada Letter La
- ಳ U+0CB3 Kannada Letter Lla
- ವ U+0CB5 Kannada Letter Va
- ಷ U+0CB7 Kannada Letter Ssa
- ಸ U+0CB8 Kannada Letter Sa
- ಹ U+0CB9 Kannada Letter Ha
- U+0CBC Kannada Sign Nukta
- ಽ U+0CBD Kannada Sign Avagraha
- U+0CBE Kannada Vowel Sign Aa
- U+0CBF Kannada Vowel Sign I
- U+0CC0 Kannada Vowel Sign Ii
All 92 characters: Kannada.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ಶ?
- Use ಶ (decimal) or ಶ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0CB6?
- E0 B2 B6 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%B2%B6.
- How do I write U+0CB6 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0CB6. Python: \u0CB6.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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