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sharada sign nukta

Sharada Sign Nukta

The Sharada nukta lets Sharada writing spell Kashmiri consonants that have no separate Sharada letter. A Kashmiri nukta follows a Sharada consonant in sequences for sounds such as “ch” and “z”; alone, it has nothing to modify. Its Devanagari counterpart serves the same spelling role, but each mark belongs with its own script.

Text symbol

What 𑇊 means

It adds a Kashmiri consonant Sharada cannot write with a separate letter.

Use the Sharada nukta after a consonant when Kashmiri spelling needs a sound Sharada lacks as a separate letter. The documented combinations represent “ch” as in church, “ch” with a breathy release, and “z” as in zoo.

A Sharada running-text example dates to 1896; the signs remained in use into at least the 1910s. A review in 2012 found no later examples, leaving the end of the practice uncertain.

Where did the Sharada script develop?

Sharada grew from earlier Brahmi and Gupta writing traditions in the northwest.

It spread across the western Himalayas. One later branch led to Devashesha and then Takri; that script history does not establish that every descendant used this mark.

A technical spelling mark, not a conversational reaction.

A lone 𑇊 has no consonant to modify; place it after the intended Sharada letter.

Part of the collection

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Historic Indian Scripts (Sharada, Khojki, Nandinagari …)

Who writes 𑇊

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Don't confuse it with

Sharada nukta vs Devanagari nukta: match each mark to the script used for the surrounding consonant.

Sharada Vowel Modifier Mark changes a vowel in response to a following vowel; this nukta extends a consonant.

Sharada Extra Short Vowel Mark shows a shortened vowel; this nukta extends a consonant sound.

Combination ideas

Kashmiri “ch” as in church, written with Sharada ca plus nukta.

Kashmiri “ch” with a breathy release, written with Sharada cha plus nukta.

Kashmiri “z” as in zoo, written with Sharada ja plus nukta.

Questions people ask

Can 𑇊 be used by itself?

No. It needs a Sharada base consonant; alone, it does not identify which consonant sound is being extended.

Is 𑇊 the same as a Devanagari nukta?

No. They belong to different scripts. Use the mark that matches the script of the surrounding consonant.

Why does the Sharada nukta look wrong in some fonts?

It is a combining mark. A font positions it against a base letter, so an isolated mark can look detached or incomplete.

How to type or find 𑇊

Also called: Sharada nukta · nukta for Kashmiri
Search it as: nukta · kashmiri nukta · sharada dot · combining nukta · kashmiri consonant
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 111CA, then AltX to get 𑇊.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “sharada sign nukta”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 111ca, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𑇊

CSS

\111CA

Type Sharada Sign Nukta

Place it immediately after the Sharada consonant it modifies; documented Kashmiri forms are sequences, not single precomposed letters.

If it floats

It is a combining mark, so an isolated 𑇊 may look detached; the font positions it against a base consonant.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𑇊

HTML hex

𑇊

CSS content

content: "\111CA";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%91%87%8A

On screen

Code points

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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