U+11591 "ð‘–‘" Siddham Letter Gha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+11591 "ð‘–‘" Siddham Letter Gha is a glyph from the Siddham script, an abugida historically used in East Asia for writing Sanskrit and other sacred Buddhist texts, particularly in Japan, China, and Korea. This specific character represents the aspirated voiced velar plosive sound "gha," which corresponds to the fourth consonant in the Sanskrit phonetic series. Originally developed in India, the Siddham script was transmitted to East Asia along with esoteric Buddhist teachings, and this letter would have been employed in manuscripts, mandalas, and ritual inscriptions to transcribe mantras and sutras. Today, the character is primarily of interest to scholars of historical linguistics, religious studies, and digital typography, as it is encoded in Unicode to support the preservation and digital representation of this ancient writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+11591
Version Added 7.0
Name Siddham Letter Gha
Block Siddham
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑖑
HTML Hex Encoding 𑖑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x96 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD805 0xDD91
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011591
C/C++/Java Escape \ud805\udd91

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 Siddham
Script Extensions Siddham
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter