U+0F46 "ཆ" Tibetan Letter Cha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ཆ
U+0F46 "ཆ" Tibetan Letter Cha is a consonant in the Tibetan script, representing the aspirated voiceless postalveolar affricate sound /t͡ʃʰ/, similar to the "ch" in the English word "cheese." In the Tibetan alphabet, it is the sixth letter and belongs to the set of aspirated consonants, playing a key role in distinguishing meaning in words. This character is used in written Tibetan for religious, literary, and everyday contexts, and it also appears in the closely related Dzongkha language of Bhutan. Visually, "ཆ" consists of a curved top stroke and a vertical line, embodying the elegant flowing style characteristic of Tibetan calligraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F46 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Letter Cha |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ཆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ཆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBD 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F46 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F46 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f46 |