U+10E6 "ღ" Georgian Letter Ghan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ღ
U+10E6 "ღ" Georgian Letter Ghan is the 27th letter of the modern Georgian alphabet, representing a voiced velar fricative sound similar to the French "r" or the Arabic "gh" in words like "ghazal." It is used primarily in the Georgian language, where it appears in words such as "ღვინო" (ghvino) meaning “wine.” The character is part of the Georgian script block in Unicode and has a unique shape featuring a curved, open form with a central loop. Its historical roots trace back to the Asomtavruli alphabet, where it was known as "ghani," and it continues to be an essential component of the modern Mkhedruli writing system used in Georgia today.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10E6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Georgian Letter Ghan |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Georgian Small Letter Ghan |
| Block | Georgian |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ღ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ღ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x83 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x10E6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000010E6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u10e6 |
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 |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ღ" U+1CA6 Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Ghan |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ღ" U+1CA6 Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Ghan |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Georgian |
| Script Extensions | Georgian |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| 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 |