U+0A18 "ਘ" Gurmukhi Letter Gha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਘ
U+0A18 "ਘ" Gurmukhi Letter Gha is the fourth letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet, representing the voiced aspirated velar plosive sound, similar to the 'gh' in the English word "ghost" but with a stronger aspiration. This character holds phonetic and linguistic significance in Punjabi, where it is used in a variety of words and is often associated with the concept of a "ghost" or "phantom" in transliteration, such as in the word "ghar" meaning house. It also has a specific place in the Gurmukhi script's consonant series, appearing after "ਗ" (Ga) and before "ਙ" (Nga), and is an essential part of writing and reading Punjabi texts, including sacred Sikh scripture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A18 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Gha |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a18 |