U+0B16 "ଖ" Oriya Letter Kha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0B16 "ଖ" Oriya Letter Kha is a distinct glyph representing the aspirated voiceless velar plosive consonant sound /kʰ/ in the Odia script, which is used primarily for writing the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is typically employed as the second consonant in the velar series of the Odia alphabet, following the unaspirated letter ka (କ), and its rounded, looped shape distinguishes it from similar letters in other Brahmic scripts. This character is encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the Oriya block for consistent digital representation.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0B16
Name
Oriya Letter Kha
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ଖ
HTML Hex Encoding
ଖ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAC 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0B16
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000B16
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0b16
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Oriya