U+0922 "ढ" Devanagari Letter Ddha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ढ
U+0922 "ढ" Devanagari Letter Ddha is a consonant in the Devanagari script, representing the voiced retroflex aspirated plosive sound, commonly transliterated as "ḍha." It is used in languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit, where it appears as an aspirated counterpart to the unaspirated "ड" (dda). Visually, the character is formed with a distinct loop and vertical stem, and it is often combined with vowel diacritics or the inherent vowel "a" to form syllables. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and applications for South Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0922 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Letter Ddha |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ढ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ढ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0922 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000922 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0922 |