U+0797 "ޗ" Thaana Letter Chaviyani Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0797 "ޗ" Thaana Letter Chaviyani is a letter in the Thaana script used to write the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. It represents the sound /tʃ/, similar to the "ch" in English "chip", and its name "Chaviyani" refers to the word for the ironwood tree, reflecting a traditional naming convention where letters were associated with native terms. This character is classified within the Unicode Thaana block and has a right-to-left directionality, consistent with the script's writing system.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0797
Name
Thaana Letter Chaviyani
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ޗ
HTML Hex Encoding
ޗ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDE 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0797
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000797
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0797
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Thaana