Sharada (Unicode block)

{{about|a standard in computing|the South Asian writing system|Sharada script}}

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Sharada

|rangestart = 11180

|rangeend = 111DF

|script1 = Sharada

|alphabets = Kashmiri
Sanskrit

|6_1 = 83

|7_0 = 2

|8_0 = 9

|13_0 = 2

|note = {{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}

{{Special characters}}

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Sharada is a Unicode block containing historic characters for writing Kashmiri, Sanskrit, and other languages of the northern Indian subcontinent in the 8th to 20th centuries.

{{Unicode chart Sharada}}

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Sharada block:

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="20" | 6.1rowspan="20" | U+11180..111C8, 111D0..111D9rowspan="20" | 83{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05377-sharada-roadmap.pdf L2/05-377]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3245.pdf N3245]{{Citation|title=Request to Allocate the Sharada Script in the Unicode Roadmap|date=2005-11-21|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08017-sharada.pdf L2/08-017]}}{{Citation|title=Draft Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2008-01-18|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08200-sharada.pdf L2/08-200]}}{{Citation|title=Draft Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2008-05-05|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09104.htm L2/09-104]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes|date=2009-05-20|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=E.3}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09074r2-n3595-sharada.pdf L2/09-074R2]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3595.pdf N3595]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2009-08-05|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3703.pdf N3703 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3703.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 55, Tokyo 2009-10-26/30|date=2010-04-13|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=M55.27}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10330r-sharada-jihva-cmt.pdf L2/10-330R]}}{{Citation|title=Concerning the Brahmi and Sharada characters for jihvamuliya and upadhmaniya|date=2010-09-14|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10440-south-asia.pdf L2/10-440]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2010-10-27|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|ref=none|section=4. Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya characters in Brahmi and Sharada}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11308-policy-on-om-characters.pdf L2/11-308]}}{{Citation|title=A clear policy on encoding OM characters|date=2011-07-28|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12019-sharada-om-do-not-use.pdf L2/12-019]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendation against use of 111C4 SHARADA OM for now|date=2012-01-12|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12028-jihv-upa-for-sharada.pdf L2/12-028]}}{{Citation|title=Representation of JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIYA in Sharada|date=2012-01-23|first=Deborah|last=Anderson|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12031-south-asian-rept.pdf L2/12-031]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2012-01-27|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|ref=none|section=2. SHARADA OM, 3. SHARADA JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIY}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12224-sharada-om-annotation.txt L2/12-224]}}{{Citation|title=Annotation for 111C4 SHARADA OM|date=2012-07-06|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12267-indic-review.pdf L2/12-267]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2012-07-21|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|ref=none|section=VII. SHARADA}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13028-script-rept.pdf L2/13-028]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals|date=2013-01-28|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|ref=none|section=18}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13074-sharada-block-realloc.pdf L2/13-074]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4417.pdf N4417]{{Citation|title=Request to reallocate some recently-approved Sharada characters|date=2013-04-25|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15183r-graph-cluster-brk.txt L2/15-183R]}}{{Citation|title=Candidate characters for Grapheme_Cluster_Break=Prepend|date=2015-07-28|first=Roozbeh|last=Pournader|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15187.htm L2/15-187]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #144 Minutes|date=2015-08-11|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 144-C6|quote=Change the Grapheme_Cluster_Break property of the 12 characters listed in L2/15-183R to "Prepend" for Unicode 9.0.}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15255-sharada-vocalic-vs.pdf L2/15-255]}}{{Citation|title=Request to change the representative glyph of Sharada Vowel Signs Vocalic L and Vocalic LL|date=2015-10-23|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16004.htm L2/16-004]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #146 Minutes|date=2016-02-01|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=D.3}}
rowspan="10" | 7.0rowspan="3" | U+111CDrowspan="3" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12171r-sharada-sutra-mark.pdf L2/12-171R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4269.pdf N4269]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the SUTRA MARK for Sharada|date=2012-05-03|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12112.htm L2/12-112]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #131 / L2 #228 Minutes|date=2012-05-17|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=D.4.2}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12291-sutra-mark.pdf L2/12-291]}}{{Citation|title=Request for name change for U+111CD SHARADA SUTRA MARK|date=2012-08-01|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
rowspan="7" | U+111DArowspan="7" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11430r-sharada-ekam.pdf L2/11-430R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4158.pdf N4158]{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Sign EKAM for Sharada|date=2011-11-02|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12031-south-asian-rept.pdf L2/12-031]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2012-01-27|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|ref=none|section=1. SHARADA EKAM}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12007.htm L2/12-007]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #130 / L2 #227 Minutes|date=2012-02-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=D.4.2}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12285-sharada-ekam-realloc.pdf L2/12-285]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to Reallocate Sharada EKAM|date=2012-07-29|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12216r-sharada-annotation.pdf L2/12-216R]}}{{Citation|title=Annotation for SHARADA EKAM in nameslist|date=2012-08-01|first=Deborah|last=Anderson|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12239.htm L2/12-239]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #132 Minutes|date=2012-08-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 132-C17|quote=Move Sharada Ekam from U+111C9 to U+111DA.}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.pdf N4253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59|date=2012-09-12|ref=none|section=M59.16a}}
rowspan="29" | 8.0rowspan="5" | U+111C9rowspan="5" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12322-n4330-sharada-sandhi-mark.pdf L2/12-322]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4330.pdf N4330]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the SANDHI MARK for Sharada|date=2012-09-27|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-133-2012011.html L2/12-343R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #133 Minutes|date=2012-12-04|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 133-C14}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.pdf N4353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60|date=2013-05-23|ref=none|section=M60.15d}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17247-sharada-sandhi-prop-chg.txt L2/17-247]}}{{Citation|title=Proposed Property Changes for U+111C9 SHARADA SANDHI MARK|date=2017-07-26|first1=Ken|last1=Whistler|first2=Laurențiu|last2=Iancu|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17222.htm L2/17-222]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #152 Minutes|date=2017-08-11|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 152-C5|quote=Change the properties for U+111C9 SHARADA SANDHI MARK as documented in L2/17-247, for Unicode 11.0.}}
rowspan="4" | U+111CA..111CCrowspan="4" | 3{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12147-script-rept.pdf L2/12-147]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2012-04-25|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|ref=none|section=IX. SHARADA}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12239.htm L2/12-239]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #132 Minutes|date=2012-08-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=D.4.4}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12124r-sharada-kashmiri-signs.pdf L2/12-124R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4265.pdf N4265]{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode Signs for Writing Kashmiri in Sharada|date=2012-08-29|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.pdf N4353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60|date=2013-05-23|ref=none|section=M60.15a}}
rowspan="5" | U+111DBrowspan="5" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12318-sharada-sign-siddham.pdf L2/12-318]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4331.pdf N4331]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the sign SIDDHAM for Sharada|date=2012-09-27|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-133-2012011.html L2/12-343R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #133 Minutes|date=2012-12-04|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 133-C14}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.pdf N4353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60|date=2013-05-23|ref=none|section=M60.15c}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13132.htm L2/13-132]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #136 Minutes|date=2013-07-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 136-C14|quote=Move characters...}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf N4403 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14|date=2014-01-28|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block}}
rowspan="5" | U+111DCrowspan="5" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12324-n4337-sharada-headstroke.pdf L2/12-324]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4337.pdf N4337]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the HEADSTROKE for Sharada|date=2012-09-29|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-133-2012011.html L2/12-343R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #133 Minutes|date=2012-12-04|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 133-C14}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.pdf N4353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60|date=2013-05-23|ref=none|section=M60.15b}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13132.htm L2/13-132]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #136 Minutes|date=2013-07-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 136-C14|quote=Move characters...}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf N4403 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14|date=2014-01-28|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block}}
rowspan="5" | U+111DDrowspan="5" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12319-sharada-continuation-sign.pdf L2/12-319]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4329.pdf N4329 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4229.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the CONTINUATION SIGN for Sharada|date=2012-09-27|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-133-2012011.html L2/12-343R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #133 Minutes|date=2012-12-04|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 133-C14}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.pdf N4353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60|date=2013-05-23|ref=none|section=M60.15e}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13132.htm L2/13-132]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #136 Minutes|date=2013-07-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 136-C14|quote=Move characters...}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf N4403 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14|date=2014-01-28|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block}}
rowspan="5" | U+111DE..111DFrowspan="5" | 2{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12325-n4338-sharada-section-marks.pdf L2/12-325]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4338.pdf N4338]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode section marks for Sharada|date=2012-09-30|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-133-2012011.html L2/12-343R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #133 Minutes|date=2012-12-04|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 133-C14}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.pdf N4353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60|date=2013-05-23|ref=none|section=M60.15f}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13132.htm L2/13-132]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #136 Minutes|date=2013-07-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 136-C14|quote=Move characters...}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf N4403 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14|date=2014-01-28|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block}}
rowspan="9" | 13.0rowspan="5" | U+111CErowspan="5" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17214r-prish-sharada.pdf L2/17-214R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4931-17214r-prish-sharada.pdf N4931]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Prishthamatra for Sharada|date=2017-10-13|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17255-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/17-255]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals|date=2017-07-28|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Hai|last5=Liang|ref=none|section=10. Nandinagari}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18039-script-adhoc-rec.pdf L2/18-039]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals|date=2018-01-19|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Hai|last5=Liang|first6=Richard|last6=Cook|ref=none|section=15. Nandinagari}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18115.htm L2/18-115]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #155 Minutes|date=2018-05-09|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=D.5.2}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.pdf N5020 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67|date=2019-01-11|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=10.3.4}}
rowspan="4" | U+111CFrowspan="4" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17428-sharada-inv-candrabindu.pdf L2/17-428]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4930-17428-sharada-inv-candrabindu.pdf N4930]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the INVERTED CANDRABINDU for Sharada|date=2017-12-14|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey|ref=none}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18039-script-adhoc-rec.pdf L2/18-039]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals|date=2018-01-19|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Hai|last5=Liang|first6=Richard|last6=Cook|ref=none|section=b. INVERTED CANDRABINDU for Sharada}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18115.htm L2/18-115]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #155 Minutes|date=2018-05-09|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=D.15}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.pdf N5020 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67|date=2019-01-11|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=10.3.3}}
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