U+119B6 "𑦶" Nandinagari Letter Jha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+119B6 "𑦶" Nandinagari Letter Jha is a script symbol used in the Nandinagari writing system, an ancient and historical Brahmi-derived script primarily employed to write Sanskrit, Kannada, and Marathi in southern India between the 8th and 19th centuries. This character represents the aspirated voiced palatal stop sound corresponding to the Devanagari letter "झ" and the Latin transliteration "jha," playing a critical role in accurately conveying the phonetic inventory of texts written in Nandinagari. Its encoding in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of manuscripts and inscriptions that utilize this script, ensuring that modern computing systems can display and process this historically significant letter without losing its linguistic nuance.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𑦶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𑦶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x91 0xA6 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD806 0xDDB6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000119B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud806\uddb6 |
Unicode Properties