U+0A59 "ਖ਼" Gurmukhi Letter Khha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਖ਼
U+0A59 "ਖ਼" Gurmukhi Letter Khha is a consonant used in the Gurmukhi script, primarily for writing the Punjabi language and sometimes Sanskrit. It represents an aspirated voiceless velar plosive sound, similar to the 'kh' in the English word "backhand," and is notably distinct from the unaspirated "ka" (ਕ) in Gurmukhi. This character is often employed to accurately transcribe borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, or Sanskrit that contain this particular aspirated sound, such as in the word "khalsa" (ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ). It is encoded in the Gurmukhi block of the Unicode standard, where its use helps maintain precise phonetic representation in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A59 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Khha |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ਖ" U+0A16 Gurmukhi Letter Kha "਼" U+0A3C Gurmukhi Sign Nukta |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਖ਼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਖ਼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA9 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A59 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a59 |