U+0C9B "ಛ" Kannada Letter Cha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಛ
U+0C9B "ಛ" Kannada Letter Cha is a symbol from the Kannada script, used primarily to write the Kannada language of southern India. It represents the aspirated voiceless palatal plosive sound, similar to the "ch" in the English word "cheese" but with a stronger puff of air. This character is part of the consonant inventory of Kannada, where it corresponds to the fifteenth letter of the alphabet and is derived from the Brahmi script, playing a key role in distinguishing words through its aspirated pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C9B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Cha |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C9B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C9B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c9b |