U+0CA7 "ಧ" Kannada Letter Dha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಧ
U+0CA7 "ಧ" Kannada Letter Dha is a consonant in the Kannada script, representing the voiced aspirated dental plosive sound /d̪ʰa/ in the Kannada language. It is part of the Kannada block in the Unicode Standard, placed within the Indic scripts range to support digital representation of the Dravidian language. The character's visual form is a curved, closed loop with a horizontal top stroke and a small tail extending downward to the right, distinguishing it from similar letters like "ದ" (Da). In common usage, it appears in words such as "ಧರ್ಮ" (dharma, meaning righteousness) and "ಧನ" (dhana, meaning wealth), playing a key role in writing and typing Kannada text across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CA7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Dha |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಧ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಧ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CA7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CA7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ca7 |