U+0916 "ख" Devanagari Letter Kha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ख
U+0916 "ख" Devanagari Letter Kha is the second consonant of the Devanagari script, representing the aspirated voiceless velar plosive sound /kʰ/, similar to the "kh" in the English word "blockhead." It is used in writing Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and other languages that employ the Devanagari script, where it often appears in words like "खाना" (food) and "खुश" (happy). As a character in the Unicode standard, it facilitates consistent digital representation and text processing across platforms, preserving the linguistic and cultural heritage of South Asian writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0916 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Letter Kha |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ख |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ख |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0916 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000916 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0916 |