U+10EE "ხ" Georgian Letter Xan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+10EE "ხ" Georgian Letter Xan is the thirty-third letter of the modern Georgian alphabet, representing a voiceless velar fricative sound similar to the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch" or the "j" in Spanish. It is used in the Georgian language to write words like "ხახვი" (khakhvi) meaning "onion," and appears in both the Mkhedruli script, which is the standard Georgian writing system, and historical scripts like Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri. This character is part of the Georgian block in Unicode and holds cultural significance as a fundamental component of Georgian orthography and literature, reflecting the distinct phonetic inventory of the Kartvelian language family.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10EE
Name
Georgian Letter Xan
Unicode 1.0 Name
Georgian Small Letter Xan
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ხ
HTML Hex Encoding
ხ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x83 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x10EE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000010EE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u10ee
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Script Extensions
Georgian