U+078B "ދ" Thaana Letter Dhaalu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ދ
U+078B "ދ" Thaana Letter Dhaalu is a character used in the Thaana script, the writing system native to the Maldivian language, Dhivehi. It represents the voiced dental plosive consonant sound /d̪/, similar to the "d" in English but articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth. This letter is part of the Thaana alphabet, which is notable for its unique arrangement derived from Arabic and Indian numeral shapes, and is essential for writing both native Dhivehi words and loanwords in the Maldives.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+078B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Letter Dhaalu |
| Block | Thaana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ދ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ދ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDE 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x078B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000078B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u078b |