U+0F42 "ག" Tibetan Letter Ga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0F42 "ག" Tibetan Letter Ga is the third consonant of the Tibetan script, representing the voiced velar stop sound /ɡ/, similar to the English letter "g" in "go". In the Tibetan writing system, it serves as a base character for forming many syllables and can also function as a subscript or superscript in stacked conjuncts, where its form changes to indicate its role within a syllable block. Beyond its phonetic value, "ག" holds linguistic and cultural importance as a fundamental element of the Tibetan alphabet, which is derived from the Brahmi script and used for writing the Tibetan language as well as religious texts in Buddhism.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0F42
Name
Tibetan Letter Ga
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ག
HTML Hex Encoding
ག
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xBD 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0F42
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000F42
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0f42
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tibetan