U+0B1D "ଝ" Oriya Letter Jha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ଝ
U+0B1D "ଝ" Oriya Letter Jha is a distinctive character used in the Odia script which is employed for writing the Odia language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. This character represents the voiced palatal sibilant sound, akin to the "jha" sound found in many South Asian languages, and it forms an integral part of the consonant inventory of the Odia alphabet. As a Unicode character, it enables the digital representation and text processing of this letter across modern computing platforms, ensuring that the Odia language can be accurately stored, transmitted, and displayed in electronic documents and communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B1D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Jha |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b1d |