U+091B "छ" Devanagari Letter Cha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+091B "छ" Devanagari Letter Cha is a consonant in the Devanagari script used for languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, and Marathi, representing the aspirated voiceless palatal affricate sound /tʃʰ/. It is the sixth character in the Devanagari abugida, following च (Ca), and visually resembles a pair of downward-curving strokes topped with a horizontal head line and a small curl on the left. This letter forms the basis for various conjuncts and modified characters through the addition of diacritical marks, like the vowel signs that attach to its stem to create syllables such as छा (chha). In linguistic terms, it is classified as a high-frequency consonant in Hindi, commonly appearing in words like "छाता" (chhata, meaning umbrella) and "छोटा" (chhota, meaning small).
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
छ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
छ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE0 0xA4 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x091B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000091B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u091b |
Unicode Properties