U+0C9D "ಝ" Kannada Letter Jha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಝ
U+0C9D "ಝ" Kannada Letter Jha is the orthographic representation of the aspirated voiced palatal affricate sound in the Kannada script, corresponding to the character "ಝ" used in writing the Kannada language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is part of the Kannada alphabet's structured set of consonants, specifically categorized under the palatal series, and serves as a distinct letter for transliterating borrowed words and certain native vocabulary requiring its breathy voiced quality.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C9D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Jha |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C9D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c9d |