U+0918 "घ" Devanagari Letter Gha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0918 "घ" Devanagari Letter Gha is the fourth consonant of the Devanagari script, representing a voiced velar plosive sound, akin to the 'gh' in the English word "ghost", though articulated from the back of the throat. It is a key component in writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit, and forms the aspirated counterpart to the unaspirated consonant "ग" (ga). Visually, the character resembles its base form "ग" with an added horizontal stroke and a small tail, distinguishing it as a distinct phoneme in the abugida writing system.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0918
Name
Devanagari Letter Gha
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
घ
HTML Hex Encoding
घ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA4 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0918
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000918
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0918
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Devanagari