U+10A11 "𐨑" Kharoshthi Letter Kha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐨑

U+10A11 "𐨑" Kharoshthi Letter Kha is a consonant glyph from the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system used primarily in the Gandhara region of modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan from around the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. This character represents the aspirated voiceless velar plosive sound /kʰ/, akin to the "kh" in the English word "backhand." It forms part of the Kharoshthi block in the Unicode Standard, which encodes this historical script for digital representation, enabling researchers and linguists to study and preserve texts such as Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions.

General Properties

Code Point U+10A11
Version Added 4.1
Name Kharoshthi Letter Kha
Block Kharoshthi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐨑
HTML Hex Encoding 𐨑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA8 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDE11
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010A11
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\ude11

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Kharoshthi
Script Extensions Kharoshthi
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter