U+0B17 "ଗ" Oriya Letter Ga Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0B17 "ଗ" Oriya Letter Ga is the third consonant in the Oriya script, representing the voiced velar plosive sound "ga," similar to the hard "g" in the English word "go." It is used in the Odia language, predominantly spoken in the Indian state of Odisha, and serves as a fundamental building block for writing and reading in the script. This character appears in various lexical contexts, including common words and traditional literature, and its distinct rounded shape is typical of the Oriya script's cursive style, which distinguishes it from other Brahmic writing systems. As a consonant, it carries the inherent vowel "a" when not modified by a diacritic marker, and it can combine with vowel signs to form different syllables in written Odia.

General Properties

Code Point U+0B17
Version Added 1.1
Name Oriya Letter Ga
Block Oriya
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ଗ
HTML Hex Encoding ଗ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xAC 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0B17
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000B17
C/C++/Java Escape \u0b17

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 Oriya
Script Extensions Oriya
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