U+1108E "ð‘‚Ž" Kaithi Letter Kha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1108E "ð‘‚Ž" Kaithi Letter Kha is a glyph from the Kaithi script, a historical writing system primarily used for writing various languages in northern India, such as Hindi, Maithili, and Bhojpuri. This character represents the aspirated consonant sound "kha" (like the "kh" in "blockhouse") and was widely employed in administrative, legal, and literary manuscripts from the 16th to the mid-20th century. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can preserve and reproduce the script accurately, supporting modern linguistic research and cultural heritage preservation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1108E
Version Added 5.2
Name Kaithi Letter Kha
Block Kaithi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑂎
HTML Hex Encoding 𑂎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x82 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDC8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001108E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udc8e

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 Kaithi
Script Extensions Kaithi
Indic Syllabic Category 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