U+0A9D "ઝ" Gujarati Letter Jha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0A9D "ઝ" Gujarati Letter Jha is a consonant in the Gujarati script, representing the voiced palato-alveolar affricate sound /dʒʱ/, similar to the "jh" in the English word "hedgehog" but with breathy voice. It is used in the Gujarati language, primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, to write words of native, Sanskrit, and Persian origin. In the Gujarati abugida, this character is formed by adding a diacritic mark for aspiration to the base character for "Ja" (જ), and it occupies a distinct position in the script's alphabetical ordering after "Ja" and before "Ña". As a Unicode character, it enables digital representation and interchange of this letter across devices and software, supporting the preservation and use of the Gujarati language in modern technology.

General Properties

Code Point U+0A9D
Version Added 1.1
Name Gujarati Letter Jha
Block Gujarati
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ઝ
HTML Hex Encoding ઝ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xAA 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0A9D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000A9D
C/C++/Java Escape \u0a9d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Gujarati
Script Extensions Gujarati
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter