U+0A96 "ખ" Gujarati Letter Kha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ખ
U+0A96 "ખ" Gujarati Letter Kha is a consonant in the Gujarati script, representing the aspirated voiceless velar plosive sound, similar to the "kh" in the English word "blockhead." It is visually distinct by its top horizontal bar and curved lower loop, fitting within the Gujarati alphabet as the second consonant after "ક" (ka). This character is used primarily in the Gujarati language, spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat, and appears in words ranging from everyday vocabulary to literary and religious texts, such as "ખંભાત" (Khambhat) for the historical city.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A96 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Kha |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ખ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ખ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a96 |