U+0A9C "જ" Gujarati Letter Ja Unicode Character

U+0A9C "જ" Gujarati Letter Ja is the twenty-first consonant of the Gujarati script, representing the voiced palatal plosive sound /dʒ/ as in the English word "jam." It is used extensively in the Gujarati language, which is spoken by over 50 million people primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, and appears in common words such as "જળ" (jaḷ, meaning water) and "જવ" (jav, meaning barley). While its shape is distinct and curved, reminiscent of an open hook or a stylized numeral four, it belongs to the Brahmic family of scripts and shares a common origin with Devanagari's letter ज.