U+0A98 "ઘ" Gujarati Letter Gha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ઘ
U+0A98 "ઘ" Gujarati Letter Gha is the fourth consonant of the Gujarati script, representing the aspirated voiced velar plosive sound /ɡʱ/, similar to the "gh" in the English word "ghost" but with a distinct breathy release. It is used in writing the Gujarati language, primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, and appears in words like "ઘર" (ghar, meaning home) and "ઘડિયાળ" (ghadiyāḷ, meaning clock). This character is part of the Gujarati Unicode block, which supports the script for digital text encoding and processing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A98 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Gha |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ઘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ઘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A98 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a98 |