U+0A1D "ਝ" Gurmukhi Letter Jha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਝ
U+0A1D "ਝ" Gurmukhi Letter Jha is a consonant used in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily employed for writing the Punjabi language. It represents the voiced palatal affricate sound /d͡ʒə/, similar to the 'j' in the English word "jam." In the Gurmukhi alphabet, it is the ninth letter of the thirty-five consonant set and holds cultural and religious significance as it appears in the sacred scripture of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A1D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Jha |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a1d |