U+0C9C "ಜ" Kannada Letter Ja Unicode Character

U+0C9C "ಜ" Kannada Letter Ja is a character in the Kannada script used primarily to write the Kannada language of southern India. It represents the voiced palatal affricate sound, similar to the English "j" in "judge," and is a consonant in the Kannada syllabary. In Unicode, it is part of the Kannada block, encoded at code point U+0C9C, and follows the standard orthographic conventions of the script, where it may combine with vowel signs to form full syllables.