U+10A27 "𐨧" Kharoshthi Letter Bha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐨧
U+10A27 "𐨧" Kharoshthi Letter Bha is a letter from the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system used primarily in the Gandhara region (modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan) from around the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE to write languages such as Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit. This specific character represents the aspirated bilabial consonant sound "bha" (similar to the "bh" in the English word "abhor") and belongs to the block of Kharoshthi letters encoded in Unicode for digital text representation and preservation. The character is part of a larger set of symbols that were historically inscribed on stone, metal, and manuscripts, reflecting the region's Buddhist and administrative heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10A27 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Kharoshthi Letter Bha |
| Block | Kharoshthi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐨧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐨧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA8 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDE27 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010A27 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\ude27 |