U+0B22 "ଢ" Oriya Letter Ddha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0B22 "ଢ" Oriya Letter Ddha is a consonant in the Oriya abugida used to write the Odia language, representing a voiced retroflex aspirated stop sound, similar to the "dha" in the English word "padhouse" but with the tongue curled back. It is part of the Oriya script specifically encodes the character for "ddha" distinct from its unaspirated counterpart "da" and is used in various words and loanwords within Odia text. In Unicode, it belongs to the Oriya block and is typically displayed as a single glyph with a characteristic curved shape and a horizontal line at the top, integral to the script's visual identity for writing and digital communication. This character is essential for accurately representing the phonetics of the Odia language in digital formats.

General Properties

Code Point U+0B22
Version Added 1.1
Name Oriya Letter Ddha
Block Oriya
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ଢ
HTML Hex Encoding ଢ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xAC 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0B22
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000B22
C/C++/Java Escape \u0b22

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