U+0F5C "ཛྷ" Tibetan Letter Dzha Unicode Character
U+0F5C "ཛྷ" Tibetan Letter Dzha is a character within the Tibetan script block, specifically representing the aspirated voiced retroflex affricate sound /ɖʐʰ/ used in the Tibetan language and its related writing systems. It is part of the standard Tibetan alphabet, typically positioned as a compound or modified form derived from the base letter "Dza" (ཛ), where the addition of a subscribed "ha" indicates aspiration. In Tibetan orthography, this letter appears in transliterations of Sanskrit texts and in certain native words, though it is less common than simpler base consonants. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation and preservation of this phonetic distinction, supporting accurate rendering in modern computing environments for Tibetan language documentation and transcription.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F5C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Letter Dzha |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ཛ" U+0F5B Tibetan Letter Dza "ྷ" U+0FB7 Tibetan Subjoined Letter Ha |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ཛྷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ཛྷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBD 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f5c |