U+11C11 "ð‘°‘" Bhaiksuki Letter Gha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+11C11 "ð‘°‘" Bhaiksuki Letter Gha is a character from the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system historically used in parts of South Asia, particularly in regions of present-day India and Nepal, from roughly the 6th to 12th centuries CE. This specific letter represents the voiced aspirated velar stop sound "gha," which corresponds to the fourth consonant in the standard Sanskritic alphabet. As a graphical element, it is composed of distinct strokes typical of the Bhaiksuki style, featuring a rounded top with a vertical stem and a curved tail, contributing to the script's overall aesthetic and legibility. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures its preservation and digital representation, enabling scholars and linguists to study and reproduce ancient manuscripts and inscriptions that use this historical script.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C11
Version Added 9.0
Name Bhaiksuki Letter Gha
Block Bhaiksuki
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑰑
HTML Hex Encoding 𑰑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC11
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C11
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc11

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 Bhaiksuki
Script Extensions Bhaiksuki
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