U+1008 "ဈ" Myanmar Letter Jha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1008 "ဈ" Myanmar Letter Jha is a character from the Myanmar script used primarily for the Mon language and occasionally in Pali texts, representing a voiced palatal affricate sound similar to the English "j" in "jungle". It belongs to the Myanmar block of Unicode and is distinctively shaped with a curled top and a descending tail, differing slightly from the more common Myanmar letters. While not frequently used in standard Burmese, it plays a role in preserving historical linguistic traditions and in transliterating foreign words or religious terms within the region's writing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1008
Name
Myanmar Letter Jha
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ဈ
HTML Hex Encoding
ဈ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x80 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1008
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001008
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1008
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Myanmar