U+091C "ज" Devanagari Letter Ja Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+091C "ज" Devanagari Letter Ja is a consonant in the Devanagari script, representing the sound /dʒ/ as in the English word "jump." It is used in languages including Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, and Nepali, often appearing as part of the core set of Devanagari consonants. This character is typically encoded at the Unicode code point U+091C and is visually characterized by a vertical stem on the right and a curved horizontal stroke on the top, with a small hook or dot attached to the left side. In Hindi, it is the fourth consonant of the palatal series and is commonly found in words such as "जल" (water) and "जन" (people). Its standard Unicode properties designate it as a letter of category "Lo" (other letter), and it is written from left to right with no inherent vowel sound unless combined with a vowel diacritic.

General Properties

Code Point U+091C
Version Added 1.1
Name Devanagari Letter Ja
Block Devanagari
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ज
HTML Hex Encoding ज
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA4 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x091C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000091C
C/C++/Java Escape \u091c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Devanagari
Script Extensions Devanagari
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter