U+0D18 "ഘ" Malayalam Letter Gha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ഘ
U+0D18 "ഘ" Malayalam Letter Gha is a grapheme in the Malayalam abugida, representing the voiced aspirated velar plosive sound, similar to the "gh" in the English word "ghost." It is derived from the Brahmi script and forms part of the Malayalam alphabet, used primarily in the Dravidian language of Malayalam, which is spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Malayalam block, supporting digital text representation for linguistic and cultural preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D18 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Gha |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ഘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ഘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d18 |