U+0B16 "ଖ" Oriya Letter Kha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B16 "ଖ" Oriya Letter Kha is a distinct glyph representing the aspirated voiceless velar plosive consonant sound /kʰ/ in the Odia script, which is used primarily for writing the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is typically employed as the second consonant in the velar series of the Odia alphabet, following the unaspirated letter ka (କ), and its rounded, looped shape distinguishes it from similar letters in other Brahmic scripts. This character is encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the Oriya block for consistent digital representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B16 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Kha |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b16 |