U+0D20 "ഠ" Malayalam Letter Ttha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ഠ
U+0D20 "ഠ" Malayalam Letter Ttha is a symbol used in the Malayalam script to represent the voiceless aspirated retroflex plosive sound, pronounced like the "th" in "thumb" but with the tongue curled back. It is classified as a consonant in the Brahmic family of scripts and occupies a specific position in the Malayalam alphabet, corresponding to the fourth consonant in the second varga, or group, of retroflex letters. This character is essential for accurately writing and reading many Malayalam words, particularly those borrowed from Sanskrit or other Dravidian languages, and it is encoded in the Unicode standard to ensure consistent digital representation across platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D20 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Ttha |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ഠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ഠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d20 |