U+0AA7 "ધ" Gujarati Letter Dha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ધ
U+0AA7 "ધ" Gujarati Letter Dha is a character in the Gujarati script used to write the Gujarati language primarily in Gujarat, India. It represents the voiced aspirated dental plosive sound /d̪ʱ/, similar to the "dh" sound in the English word "padh" but with a breathy release. This letter is an essential component of the Gujarati abugida, where it appears as a consonant that can modify vowels through diacritical marks. As part of the Unicode standard, it ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, enabling accurate text processing and display for over 55 million Gujarati speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AA7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Dha |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ધ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ધ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AA7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AA7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0aa7 |