U+0996 "খ" Bengali Letter Kha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
খ
U+0996 "খ" Bengali Letter Kha is the second consonant in the Bengali abugida, representing the aspirated voiceless velar plosive sound /kʰɔ/, similar to the "kh" in the English word "backhand." It is derived from the Brahmi script and is used primarily in the Bengali and Assamese languages to write words such as "খবর" (khobor, meaning news) and "খেলা" (khela, meaning game). This character is part of the Bengali block in Unicode and is essential for the accurate digital representation of South Asian languages that use the Bengali script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0996 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter Kha |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | খ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | খ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0996 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000996 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0996 |