U+0D1B "ഛ" Malayalam Letter Cha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ഛ
U+0D1B "ഛ" Malayalam Letter Cha is a distinct character in the Malayalam script representing the voiceless aspirated palatal plosive sound, similar to the "ch" in the English word "church" but with a breathy release. It corresponds to the sixteenth consonant of the Malayalam alphabet and is used in writing native Malayalam words as well as loanwords, particularly from Sanskrit. Visually, the character resembles a curved shape with a small loop on the upper left, and it plays a key role in accurately representing the phonetic and orthographic system of the Malayalam language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D1B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Cha |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ഛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ഛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D1B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D1B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d1b |