U+1139A "𑎚" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Jha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑎚

U+1139A "𑎚" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Jha is a specific glyph representing the aspirated voiced palatal consonant "jha" within the Tulu-Tigalari script, an abugida historically used to write the Tulu language in the coastal Karnataka region of India. This character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Tulu-Tigalari block, which encodes the script's unique set of consonants, vowels, and diacritical marks. The letter Jha is distinguished by its distinct orthographic form, which includes a characteristic horizontal headstroke and a curved lower loop, and it is used in transliterating or writing Sanskrit-derived loanwords and native Tulu vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and modern text processing for the Tulu language, supporting cultural and linguistic heritage efforts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1139A
Version Added 16.0
Name Tulu-Tigalari Letter Jha
Block Tulu-Tigalari
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑎚
HTML Hex Encoding 𑎚
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x8E 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDF9A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001139A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udf9a

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 Aksara
Script Tulu Tigalari
Script Extensions Tulu Tigalari
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