U+0AAD "ભ" Gujarati Letter Bha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ભ
U+0AAD "ભ" Gujarati Letter Bha is a consonant in the Gujarati script, representing the aspirated bilabial plosive sound /bʱ/, which is phonetically distinct from the unaspirated "ba" and is commonly found in words of Indo-Aryan origin. It is used in the Gujarati language, primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat, and appears in texts, digital communications, and typography within the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent encoding across platforms and software. This character is part of the Gujarati block in Unicode, which supports writing for the region's languages and scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AAD |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Bha |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ભ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ભ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AAD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AAD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0aad |