U+10A25 "𐨥" Kharoshthi Letter Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐨥
U+10A25 "𐨥" Kharoshthi Letter Pha is a symbol from the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system used primarily in the region of modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia from around the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. This character represents the aspirated consonant sound "pha" and belongs to the set of Kharoshthi letters that were employed to write languages such as Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit, often in Buddhist texts and inscriptions on artifacts like coins and stone pillars. The Kharoshthi script is written from right to left, and this letter, like others in the block, is encoded in Unicode for digital preservation and scholarly study of ancient South Asian languages and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10A25 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Kharoshthi Letter Pha |
| Block | Kharoshthi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐨥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐨥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA8 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDE25 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010A25 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\ude25 |