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Dha
Dha
Example glyphs
Bengali–AssameseDha
Tibetan
Thai
Malayalam
Sinhala
Ashoka BrahmiDha
DevanagariDha
Cognates
Hebrewד
GreekΔ
LatinD
CyrillicД
Properties
Phonemic representation/dʰ/ /tʰ/B
IAST transliterationdh Dh
ISCII code pointC5 (197)

^B in Tai languages, Mon and Khmer

Dha is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Dha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter ng after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Āryabhaṭa numeration

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Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of ध are:[1]

  • [dʰə] = 19 (१९)
  • धि [dʰɪ] = 1,900 (१ ९००)
  • धु [dʰʊ] = 190,000 (१ ९० ०००)
  • धृ [dʰri] = 19,000,000 (१ ९० ०० ०००)
  • धॢ [dʰlə] = 19×108 (१९×१०)
  • धे [dʰe] = 19×1010 (१९×१०१०)
  • धै [dʰɛː] = 19×1012 (१९×१०१२)
  • धो [dʰoː] = 19×1014 (१९×१०१४)
  • धौ [dʰɔː] = 19×1016 (१९×१०१६)

Historic Dha

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There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Dha as found in standard Brahmi, Dha was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta Dha. The Tocharian Dha Dha did not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form. The third form of dha, in Kharoshthi (Dha) was probably derived from Aramaic separately from the Brahmi letter.

Brahmi Dha

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The Brahmi letter Dha, Dha, is probably derived from the Aramaic Dalet , and is thus related to the modern Latin D and Greek Delta.[2] Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Dha can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period.[3] As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the Edicts of Ashoka and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style.

Brahmi Dha historic forms
Ashoka
(3rd-1st c. BCE)
Girnar
(~150 BCE)
Kushana
(~150-250 CE)
Gujarat
(~250 CE)
Gupta
(~350 CE)

Tocharian Dha

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The Tocharian letter Dha is derived from the Brahmi Dha, but does not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form.

Tocharian Dha with vowel marks
Dha Dhā Dhi Dhī Dhu Dhū Dhr Dhr̄ Dhe Dhai Dho Dhau Dhä

Kharoṣṭhī Dha

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The Kharoṣṭhī letter Dha is generally accepted as being derived from the Aramaic Dalet , and is thus related to D and Delta, in addition to the Brahmi Dha.[2]

Devanagari Dha

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Dha () is a consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter ka, after having gone through the Gupta letter . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter , and the Modi letter 𑘠.

Devanagari-using Languages

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In all languages, ध is pronounced as [dʱə] or [] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Devanagari ध with vowel marks
Dha Dhā Dhi Dhī Dhu Dhū Dhr Dhr̄ Dhl Dhl̄ Dhe Dhai Dho Dhau Dh
धा धि धी धु धू धृ धॄ धॢ धॣ धे धै धो धौ ध्

Conjuncts with ध

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Devanagari exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts. In modern Devanagari texts, most conjuncts are formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". Some conjunct clusters are always represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters. Vertically stacked conjuncts are ubiquitous in older texts, while only a few are still used routinely in modern Devanagari texts. Dha however, does not have a vertical stem to drop for making a half form, and either forms a stacked conjunct/ligature, or uses its full form with Virama. The use of ligatures and vertical conjuncts may vary across languages using the Devanagari script, with Marathi in particular preferring the use of half forms where texts in other languages would show ligatures and vertical stacks.[4]

Ligature conjuncts of ध

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True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Devanagari are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra. Nepali and Marathi texts use the "eyelash" Ra half form Ra for an initial "R" instead of repha.

  • Repha र্ (r) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature rdʱa: note

  • Eyelash र্ (r) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature rdʱa:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature dʱra:

  • Repha र্ (r) + ध্ (dʱ) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature rdʱra:

  • छ্ (cʰ) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature cʰdʱa:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + न (na) gives the ligature dʱna:

  • द্ (d) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature ddʱa:

  • न্ (n) + द্ (d) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature nddʱa:

  • Repha र্ (r) + द্ (d) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature rddʱa:

  • द্ (d) + ध্ (dʱ) + म (ma) gives the ligature ddʱma:

  • द্ (d) + ध্ (dʱ) + व (va) gives the ligature ddʱva:

Stacked conjuncts of ध

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Vertically stacked ligatures are the most common conjunct forms found in Devanagari text. Although the constituent characters may need to be stretched and moved slightly in order to stack neatly, stacked conjuncts can be broken down into recognizable base letters, or a letter and an otherwise standard ligature.

  • ड্ (ḍ) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature ḍdʱa:

  • ढ্ (ḍʱ) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature ḍʱdʱa:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + च (ca) gives the ligature dʱca:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + ड (ḍa) gives the ligature dʱḍa:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature dʱja:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature dʱjña:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + ल (la) gives the ligature dʱla:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature dʱŋa:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature dʱña:

  • ङ্ (ŋ) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature ŋdʱa:

  • ट্ (ṭ) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature ṭdʱa:

  • ठ্ (ṭʰ) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature ṭʰdʱa:

Bengali Dha

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The Bengali script ধ is derived from the Siddhaṃ , and is marked by the same lack of a horizontal head line, but less geometric shape, than its Devanagari counterpart, ध. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter ধ will sometimes be transliterated as "dho" instead of "dha". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, gives a reading of /d̪ʱo/. Like all Indic consonants, ধ can be modified by marks to indicate another (or no) vowel than its inherent "a".

Bengali ধ with vowel marks
dha dhā dhi dhī dhu dhū dhr dhr̄ dhe dhai dho dhau dh
ধা ধি ধী ধু ধূ ধৃ ধৄ ধে ধৈ ধো ধৌ ধ্

ধ in Bengali-using languages

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ধ is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.

Conjuncts with ধ

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Bengali ধ exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts, with a tendency towards linear (horizontal) ligatures, and few stacked ligatures.[5]

  • দ্ (d) + ধ (dʱa) gives the ligature ddʱa:

  • ধ্ (dʱ) + ম (ma) gives the ligature dʱma:

  • ধ্ (dʱ) + ন (na) gives the ligature dʱna:

  • ধ্ (dʱ) + র (ra) gives the ligature dʱra, with the ra phala suffix:

  • ধ্ (dʱ) + ব (va) gives the ligature dʱva, with the va phala suffix:

  • ধ্ (dʱ) + য (ya) gives the ligature dʱya, with the ya phala suffix:

  • গ্ (g) + ধ (dʱa) gives the ligature gdʱa:

  • গ্ (g) + ধ্ (dʱ) + র (ra) gives the ligature gdʱra, with the ra phala suffix:

  • গ্ (g) + ধ্ (dʱ) + য (ya) gives the ligature gdʱya, with the ya phala suffix:

  • ন্ (n) + ধ (dʱa) gives the ligature ndʱa:

  • ন্ (n) + ধ্ (dʱ) + র (ra) gives the ligature ndʱra, with the ra phala suffix:

  • ন্ (n) + ধ্ (dʱ) + য (ya) gives the ligature ndʱya, with the ya phala suffix:

  • র্ (r) + ধ (dʱa) gives the ligature rdʱa, with the repha prefix:

  • র্ (r) + ধ্ (dʱ) + ব (va) gives the ligature rdʱva, with the repha prefix and va phala suffix:

Gujarati Dha

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Gujarati Dha.

Dha () is the nineteenth consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the Devanagari Dha Dha, and ultimately the Brahmi letter Dha. ધ (Dha) is similar in appearance to ઘ (Gha), and care should be taken to avoid confusing the two when reading Gujarati script texts.

Gujarati-using Languages

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The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, ધ is pronounced as [dʱə] or [] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Dha Dhā Dhi Dhī Dhu Dhū Dhr Dhl Dhr̄ Dhl̄ Dhĕ Dhe Dhai Dhŏ Dho Dhau Dh
Gujarati Dha syllables, with vowel marks in red.

Conjuncts with ધ

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Half form of Dha.

Gujarati ધ exhibits conjunct ligatures, much like its parent Devanagari Script. Most Gujarati conjuncts can only be formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". A few conjunct clusters can be represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters, and vertically stacked conjuncts can also be found in Gujarati, although much less commonly than in Devanagari. True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Gujarati are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra.

  • ર્ (r) + ધ (dʱa) gives the ligature RDha:

  • ધ્ (dʱ) + ર (ra) gives the ligature DhRa:

  • દ્ (d) + ધ (dʱa) gives the ligature DDha:

  • ધ્ (dʱ) + ન (na) gives the ligature DhNa:

Javanese Dha

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Telugu Dha

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Telugu Dha
Telugu subjoined Dha
Telugu independent and subjoined Dha.

Dha () is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Dh. It is closely related to the Kannada letter . Most Telugu consonants contain a v-shaped headstroke that is related to the horizontal headline found in other Indic scripts, although headstrokes do not connect adjacent letters in Telugu. The headstroke is normally lost when adding vowel matras. Telugu conjuncts are created by reducing trailing letters to a subjoined form that appears below the initial consonant of the conjunct. Many subjoined forms are created by dropping their headline, with many extending the end of the stroke of the main letter body to form an extended tail reaching up to the right of the preceding consonant. This subjoining of trailing letters to create conjuncts is in contrast to the leading half forms of Devanagari and Bengali letters. Ligature conjuncts are not a feature in Telugu, with the only non-standard construction being an alternate subjoined form of Ṣa (borrowed from Kannada) in the KṢa conjunct.

Malayalam Dha

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Malayalam letter Dha

Dha () is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Dh, via the Grantha letter Dha Dha. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Malayalam Dha matras: Dha, Dhā, Dhi, Dhī, Dhu, Dhū, Dhr̥, Dhr̥̄, Dhl̥, Dhl̥̄, Dhe, Dhē, Dhai, Dho, Dhō, Dhau, and Dh.

Conjuncts of ധ

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As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.

  • ദ് (d) + ധ (dʱa) gives the ligature ddʱa:

  • ന് (n) + ധ (dʱa) gives the ligature ndʱa:

Odia Dha

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Odia independent letter Dha
Odia subjoined letter Dha
Odia independent and subjoined letter Dha.

Dha () is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Dh, via the Siddhaṃ letter Dha Dha. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all. Like other Oriya letters with an open top, ଧ takes the subjoined matra form of the vowel i (ଇ):

Odia Dha with vowel matras
Dha Dhā Dhi Dhī Dhu Dhū Dhr̥ Dhr̥̄ Dhl̥ Dhl̥̄ Dhe Dhai Dho Dhau Dh
ଧା ଧି ଧୀ ଧୁ ଧୂ ଧୃ ଧୄ ଧୢ ଧୣ ଧେ ଧୈ ଧୋ ଧୌ ଧ୍

Conjuncts of ଧ

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As is common in Indic scripts, Odia joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a small subjoined form of trailing consonants. Most consonants' subjoined forms are identical to the full form, just reduced in size, although a few drop the curved headline or have a subjoined form not directly related to the full form of the consonant. The second type of conjunct formation is through pure ligatures, where the constituent consonants are written together in a single graphic form. This ligature may be recognizable as being a combination of two characters or it can have a conjunct ligature unrelated to its constituent characters.

  • ଦ୍ (d) + ଧ (dʱa) gives the ligature ddʱa:

  • ନ୍ (n) + ଧ (dʱa) gives the ligature ndʱa:

  • ଧ୍ (dʱ) + ୟ (ya) gives the ligature dʱya:

Kaithi Dha

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Kaithi consonant Dha
Kaithi half-form letter Dha
Kaithi consonant and half-form Dha.

Dha (𑂡) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Dh, via the Siddhaṃ letter Dha Dha. Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Kaithi Dha with vowel matras
Dha Dhā Dhi Dhī Dhu Dhū Dhe Dhai Dho Dhau Dh
𑂡 𑂡𑂰 𑂡𑂱 𑂡𑂲 𑂡𑂳 𑂡𑂴 𑂡𑂵 𑂡𑂶 𑂡𑂷 𑂡𑂸 𑂡𑂹

Conjuncts of 𑂡

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As is common in Indic scripts, Odia joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a half form of preceding consonants, although several consonants use an explicit virama. Most half forms are derived from the full form by removing the vertical stem. As is common in most Indic scripts, conjucts of ra are indicated with a repha or rakar mark attached to the rest of the consonant cluster. In addition, there are a few vertical conjuncts that can be found in Kaithi writing, but true ligatures are not used in the modern Kaithi script.

  • 𑂡୍ (dʱ) + 𑂩 (ra) gives the ligature dʱra:

  • 𑂩୍ (r) + 𑂡 (dʱa) gives the ligature rdʱa:

Comparison of Dha

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The various Indic scripts are generally related to each other through adaptation and borrowing, and as such the glyphs for cognate letters, including Dha, are related as well.

Comparison of Dha in different scripts
Aramaic
Dha
Kharoṣṭhī
𐨢
Ashoka Brahmi
Dha
Kushana Brahmi[a]
Dha
Tocharian[b]
Dha
Gupta Brahmi
Dha
Pallava
Dha
Kadamba
-
Bhaiksuki
𑰠
Siddhaṃ
Dha
Grantha
𑌧
Cham
Sinhala
Pyu /
Old Mon[c]
-
Tibetan
Newa
𑐢
Ahom
𑜔
Malayalam
Telugu
Burmese
Lepcha
-
Ranjana
Dha
Saurashtra
Dives Akuru
𑤞
Kannada
Kayah Li
-
Limbu
Soyombo[d]
𑩮
Khmer
Tamil
-
Chakma
𑄙
Tai Tham
Meitei Mayek
Gaudi
-
Thai
Lao
Tai Le
-
Marchen
-
Tirhuta
𑒡
New Tai Lue
Tai Viet
-
Aksara Kawi
Dha
'Phags-pa
-
Odia
Sharada
𑆣
Rejang
-
Batak
-
Buginese
-
Zanabazar Square
𑨜
Bengali-Assamese
Dha
Takri
𑚜
Javanese
Balinese
Makasar
-
Hangul[e]
-
Northern Nagari
-
Dogri
𑠜
Laṇḍā
-
Sundanese
-
Baybayin
-
Modi
𑘠
Gujarati
Khojki
𑈝
Khudabadi
𑋐
Mahajani
𑅦
Tagbanwa
-
Devanagari
Dha
Nandinagari
𑧀
Kaithi
Dha
Gurmukhi
Multani
𑊙
Buhid
-
Canadian Syllabics[f]
-
Soyombo[g]
𑩮
Sylheti Nagari
Gunjala Gondi
𑵹
Masaram Gondi[h]
𑴞
Hanuno'o
-
Notes
  1. ^ The middle "Kushana" form of Brahmi is a later style that emerged as Brahmi scripts were beginning to proliferate. Gupta Brahmi was definitely a stylistic descendant from Kushana, but other Brahmi-derived scripts may have descended from earlier forms.
  2. ^ Tocharian is probably derived from the middle period "Kushana" form of Brahmi, although artifacts from that time are not plentiful enough to establish a definite succession.
  3. ^ Pyu and Old Mon are probably the precursors of the Burmese script, and may be derived from either the Pallava or Kadamba script
  4. ^ May also be derived from Devangari (see bottom left of table)
  5. ^ The Origin of Hangul from 'Phags-pa is one of limited influence, inspiring at most a few basic letter shapes. Hangul does not function as an Indic abugida.
  6. ^ Although the basic letter forms of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics were derived from handwritten Devanagari letters, this abugida indicates vowel sounds by rotations of the letter form, rather than the use of vowel diacritics as is standard in Indic abugidas.
  7. ^ May also be derived from Ranjana (see above)
  8. ^ Masaram Gondi acts as an Indic abugida, but its letterforms were not derived from any single precursor script.


Character encodings of Dha

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Most Indic scripts are encoded in the Unicode Standard, and as such the letter Dha in those scripts can be represented in plain text with unique codepoint. Dha from several modern-use scripts can also be found in legacy encodings, such as ISCII.

Character information
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Unicode name DEVANAGARI LETTER DHA BENGALI LETTER DHA TELUGU LETTER DHA ORIYA LETTER DHA KANNADA LETTER DHA MALAYALAM LETTER DHA GUJARATI LETTER DHA GURMUKHI LETTER DHA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 2343 U+0927 2471 U+09A7 3111 U+0C27 2855 U+0B27 3239 U+0CA7 3367 U+0D27 2727 U+0AA7 2599 U+0A27
UTF-8 224 164 167 E0 A4 A7 224 166 167 E0 A6 A7 224 176 167 E0 B0 A7 224 172 167 E0 AC A7 224 178 167 E0 B2 A7 224 180 167 E0 B4 A7 224 170 167 E0 AA A7 224 168 167 E0 A8 A7
Numeric character reference ध ध ধ ধ ధ ధ ଧ ଧ ಧ ಧ ധ ധ ધ ધ ਧ ਧ
ISCII 197 C5 197 C5 197 C5 197 C5 197 C5 197 C5 197 C5 197 C5


Character information
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Ashoka
Kushana
Gupta
𐨢 𑌧
Unicode name BRAHMI LETTER DHA KHAROSHTHI LETTER DHA SIDDHAM LETTER DHA GRANTHA LETTER DHA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 69669 U+11025 68130 U+10A22 71072 U+115A0 70439 U+11327
UTF-8 240 145 128 165 F0 91 80 A5 240 144 168 162 F0 90 A8 A2 240 145 150 160 F0 91 96 A0 240 145 140 167 F0 91 8C A7
UTF-16 55300 56357 D804 DC25 55298 56866 D802 DE22 55301 56736 D805 DDA0 55300 57127 D804 DF27
Numeric character reference 𑀥 𑀥 𐨢 𐨢 𑖠 𑖠 𑌧 𑌧


Character information
Preview 𑨜 𑐢 𑰠 𑆣
Unicode name TIBETAN LETTER DHA TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DHA ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER DHA NEWA LETTER DHA BHAIKSUKI LETTER DHA SHARADA LETTER DHA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 3922 U+0F52 4002 U+0FA2 72220 U+11A1C 70690 U+11422 72736 U+11C20 70051 U+111A3
UTF-8 224 189 146 E0 BD 92 224 190 162 E0 BE A2 240 145 168 156 F0 91 A8 9C 240 145 144 162 F0 91 90 A2 240 145 176 160 F0 91 B0 A0 240 145 134 163 F0 91 86 A3
UTF-16 3922 0F52 4002 0FA2 55302 56860 D806 DE1C 55301 56354 D805 DC22 55303 56352 D807 DC20 55300 56739 D804 DDA3
Numeric character reference དྷ དྷ ྡྷ ྡྷ 𑨜 𑨜 𑐢 𑐢 𑰠 𑰠 𑆣 𑆣


Character information
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Unicode name MYANMAR LETTER DHA TAI THAM LETTER LOW THA NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW THA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 4115 U+1013 6709 U+1A35 6546 U+1992
UTF-8 225 128 147 E1 80 93 225 168 181 E1 A8 B5 225 166 146 E1 A6 92
Numeric character reference ဓ ဓ ᨵ ᨵ ᦒ ᦒ


Character information
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Unicode name KHMER LETTER THO LAO LETTER PALI DHA THAI CHARACTER THO THONG
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 6034 U+1792 3736 U+0E98 3608 U+0E18
UTF-8 225 158 146 E1 9E 92 224 186 152 E0 BA 98 224 184 152 E0 B8 98
Numeric character reference ធ ធ ຘ ຘ ธ ธ


Character information
Preview 𑄙 𑜔 𑤞
Unicode name SINHALA LETTER MAHAAPRAANA DAYANNA CHAKMA LETTER DHAA AHOM LETTER DHA DIVES AKURU LETTER DHA SAURASHTRA LETTER DHA CHAM LETTER DHA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 3504 U+0DB0 69913 U+11119 71444 U+11714 71966 U+1191E 43172 U+A8A4 43542 U+AA16
UTF-8 224 182 176 E0 B6 B0 240 145 132 153 F0 91 84 99 240 145 156 148 F0 91 9C 94 240 145 164 158 F0 91 A4 9E 234 162 164 EA A2 A4 234 168 150 EA A8 96
UTF-16 3504 0DB0 55300 56601 D804 DD19 55301 57108 D805 DF14 55302 56606 D806 DD1E 43172 A8A4 43542 AA16
Numeric character reference ධ ධ 𑄙 𑄙 𑜔 𑜔 𑤞 𑤞 ꢤ ꢤ ꨖ ꨖ


Character information
Preview 𑘠 𑧀 𑩮 𑵹
Unicode name MODI LETTER DHA NANDINAGARI LETTER DHA SOYOMBO LETTER DHA SYLOTI NAGRI LETTER DHO GUNJALA GONDI LETTER DHA KAITHI LETTER DHA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 71200 U+11620 72128 U+119C0 72302 U+11A6E 43031 U+A817 73081 U+11D79 69793 U+110A1
UTF-8 240 145 152 160 F0 91 98 A0 240 145 167 128 F0 91 A7 80 240 145 169 174 F0 91 A9 AE 234 160 151 EA A0 97 240 145 181 185 F0 91 B5 B9 240 145 130 161 F0 91 82 A1
UTF-16 55301 56864 D805 DE20 55302 56768 D806 DDC0 55302 56942 D806 DE6E 43031 A817 55303 56697 D807 DD79 55300 56481 D804 DCA1
Numeric character reference 𑘠 𑘠 𑧀 𑧀 𑩮 𑩮 ꠗ ꠗ 𑵹 𑵹 𑂡 𑂡


Character information
Preview 𑒡
Unicode name TIRHUTA LETTER DHA LIMBU LETTER DHA MEETEI MAYEK LETTER DHOU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 70817 U+114A1 6414 U+190E 43993 U+ABD9
UTF-8 240 145 146 161 F0 91 92 A1 225 164 142 E1 A4 8E 234 175 153 EA AF 99
UTF-16 55301 56481 D805 DCA1 6414 190E 43993 ABD9
Numeric character reference 𑒡 𑒡 ᤎ ᤎ ꯙ ꯙ


Character information
Preview 𑚜 𑠜 𑈝 𑋐 𑅦 𑊙
Unicode name TAKRI LETTER DHA DOGRA LETTER DHA KHOJKI LETTER DHA KHUDAWADI LETTER DHA MAHAJANI LETTER DHA MULTANI LETTER DHA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 71324 U+1169C 71708 U+1181C 70173 U+1121D 70352 U+112D0 69990 U+11166 70297 U+11299
UTF-8 240 145 154 156 F0 91 9A 9C 240 145 160 156 F0 91 A0 9C 240 145 136 157 F0 91 88 9D 240 145 139 144 F0 91 8B 90 240 145 133 166 F0 91 85 A6 240 145 138 153 F0 91 8A 99
UTF-16 55301 56988 D805 DE9C 55302 56348 D806 DC1C 55300 56861 D804 DE1D 55300 57040 D804 DED0 55300 56678 D804 DD66 55300 56985 D804 DE99
Numeric character reference 𑚜 𑚜 𑠜 𑠜 𑈝 𑈝 𑋐 𑋐 𑅦 𑅦 𑊙 𑊙


Character information
Preview
Unicode name BALINESE LETTER DA MADU JAVANESE LETTER DA MAHAPRANA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 6949 U+1B25 43427 U+A9A3
UTF-8 225 172 165 E1 AC A5 234 166 163 EA A6 A3
Numeric character reference ᬥ ᬥ ꦣ ꦣ


Character information
Preview 𑴞
Unicode name MASARAM GONDI LETTER DHA
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 72990 U+11D1E
UTF-8 240 145 180 158 F0 91 B4 9E
UTF-16 55303 56606 D807 DD1E
Numeric character reference 𑴞 𑴞



References

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  1. ^ Ifrah, Georges (2000). The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 447–450. ISBN 0-471-39340-1.
  2. ^ a b Bühler, Georg (1898). "On the Origin of the Indian Brahmi Alphabet". archive.org. Karl J. Trübner. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ Evolutionary chart, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol 7, 1838 [1]
  4. ^ Pall, Peeter. "Microsoft Word - kblhi2" (PDF). Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  5. ^ "The Bengali Alphabet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-28.
^note Conjuncts are identified by IAST transliteration, except aspirated consonants are indicated with a superscript "h" to distinguish from an unaspirated cononant + Ha, and the use of the IPA "ŋ" and "ʃ" instead of the less dinstinctive "ṅ" and "ś".