U+A89A "ꢚ" Saurashtra Letter Jha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A89A "ꢚ" Saurashtra Letter Jha is a glyph representing the voiced aspirated postalveolar affricate sound /dʒʱ/ in the Saurashtra script, an abugida historically used to write the Saurashtra language spoken by the Saurashtra community in parts of South India. This character forms part of the Saurashtra block within Unicode, which includes letters necessary for representing the phonology of the language. As a consonant letter, "Jha" occupies a specific position in the script's alphabetical order, and its pronunciation distinguishes it from the unaspirated "Ja" and other related sounds. In modern usage, while the Saurashtra script has seen a revival in digital typography and some educational and cultural contexts, it remains primarily associated with religious texts and traditional manuscripts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꢚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꢚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0xA2 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA89A |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A89A |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua89a |
Unicode Properties