U+097C "ॼ" Devanagari Letter Jja Unicode Character

U+097C "ॼ" Devanagari Letter Jja is a specific character used in the Devanagari script to represent a voiced palatal affricate sound, typically denoting a geminated or breathy-voiced "jj" sound found in languages like Marathi or Nepali, but it is not part of the standard Hindi alphabet. It belongs to the Devanagari Extended block in Unicode and was added to support the phonetic transcription and writing of certain South Asian languages that require distinct glyphs beyond the core Devanagari set. This character is visually composed of a base form resembling "ज" (ja) with an additional diacritic mark, often indicating a modified pronunciation or historical linguistic usage.