U+0AA6 "દ" Gujarati Letter Da Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
દ
U+0AA6 "દ" Gujarati Letter Da is a consonant in the Gujarati script, representing the voiced dental plosive sound /d̪/. It is part of the Gujarati block of Unicode, encoded for use in writing the Gujarati language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat. This character is often used in combination with vowel signs to form syllables, and its shape is characterized by a distinctive curved top and a horizontal bar, typical of the script's calligraphic style. As a fundamental element of the Gujarati abugida, "દ" appears in many common words and is essential for accurately representing the phonetic inventory of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AA6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Da |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | દ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | દ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AA6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0aa6 |