Ha (Indic)

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Ha
Devanagari h.svg
Example glyphs
Bengali-Assamese Bengali Letter Ha.svg
Tibetan Tibetan Ha.svg
Tamil
Thai
Malayalam
Sinhala
Ashoka Brahmi Brahmi h.svg
Devanagari Devanagari h.svg
Cognates
Hebrew ה
Greek Ε
Latin E, Ɛ
Cyrillic E, Є, Э, Ҩ
Properties
Phonemic representation /h/
IAST transliteration h H
ISCII code point D8 (216)

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

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Āryabhaṭa numeration

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 ह are: [1]

Historic Ha

There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Ha as found in standard Brahmi, Brahmi h.svg was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta Gupta allahabad h.svg . The Tocharian Ha Tocharian letter ha.gif did not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form. The third form of ha, in Kharoshthi ( Bukva HA (nezalezhnii znak). Pis'mo kkharoshtkhi. Kharoshthi letter HA.svg ) was probably derived from Aramaic separately from the Brahmi letter.

Brahmi Ha

The Brahmi letter Brahmi h.svg , Ha, is probably derived from the Aramaic He He0.svg , and is thus related to the modern Latin E and Greek Epsilon. [2] Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Ha 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 Ha historic forms
Ashoka
(3rd-1st c. BCE)
Girnar
(~150 BCE)
Kushana
(~150-250 CE)
Gujarat
(~250 CE)
Gupta
(~350 CE)
Brahmi h.svg Gupta girnar h.svg Gupta ashoka h.svg Gupta gujarat h.svg Gupta allahabad h.svg

Tocharian Ha

The Tocharian letter Tocharian letter ha.gif is derived from the Brahmi Brahmi h.svg , but does not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form.

Tocharian Ha with vowel marks
HaHiHuHrHr̄HeHaiHoHau
Tocharian letter ha.gif Tocharian letter haa.gif Tocharian letter hi.gif Tocharian letter hii.gif Tocharian letter hu.gif Tocharian letter huu.gif Tocharian letter hr.gif Tocharian letter he.gif Tocharian letter hai.gif Tocharian letter ho.gif Tocharian letter hau.gif Tocharian letter ha.gif

Kharoṣṭhī Ha

The Kharoṣṭhī letter Bukva HA (nezalezhnii znak). Pis'mo kkharoshtkhi. Kharoshthi letter HA.svg is generally accepted as being derived from the Aramaic He He0.svg , and is thus related to H and Eta, in addition to the Brahmi Ha. [2]

Devanagari Ha

Ha () is a consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi h.svg , after having gone through the Gupta letter Gupta allahabad h.svg . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter , and the Modi letter 𑘮.

Devanagari-using Languages

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

Devanagari ह with vowel marks
HaHiHuHrHr̄HlHl̄HeHaiHoHauH
हाहिहीहुहूहृहॄहॢहॣहेहैहोहौह्

Conjuncts with ह

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. Lacking a vertical stem to drop for making a half form, Ha 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 avoiding their use where other languages would use them. [4]

Ligature conjuncts of ह

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 Devanagari Eyelash Ra.svg for an initial "R" instead of repha.

  • Repha र্ (r) + ह (ha) gives the ligature rha: note

Devanagari Conjunct RHa.svg

  • Eyelash र্ (r) + ह (ha) gives the ligature rha:

Devanagari Conjunct Eyelash RHa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature hra:

Devanagari Conjunct HRa.svg

Stacked conjuncts of ह

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.

  • छ্ (cʰ) + ह (ha) gives the ligature cʰha:

Devanagari Conjunct ChHa.svg

  • ड্ (ḍ) + ह (ha) gives the ligature ḍha:

Devanagari Conjunct DdHa.svg

  • ढ্ (ḍʱ) + ह (ha) gives the ligature ḍʱha:

Devanagari Conjunct DdhHa.svg

  • द্ (d) + ह (ha) gives the ligature dha:

Devanagari Conjunct DHa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + ब (ba) gives the ligature hba:

Devanagari Conjunct HBa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + च (ca) gives the ligature hca:

Devanagari Conjunct HCa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + ज (ja) gives the ligature hja:

Devanagari Conjunct HJa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature hjña:

Devanagari Conjunct HJNya.svg

  • ह্ (h) + क (ka) gives the ligature hka:

Devanagari Conjunct HKa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + ल (la) gives the ligature hla:

Devanagari Conjunct HLa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + ळ (ḷa) gives the ligature hḷa:

Devanagari Conjunct HLla.svg

  • ह্ (h) + म (ma) gives the ligature hma:

Devanagari Conjunct HMa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + न (na) gives the ligature hna:

Devanagari Conjunct HNa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + ण (ṇa) gives the ligature hṇa:

Devanagari Conjunct HNna.svg

  • ह্ (h) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature hña:

Devanagari Conjunct HNya.svg

  • ह্ (h) + व (va) gives the ligature hva:

Devanagari Conjunct HVa.svg

  • ह্ (h) + य (ya) gives the ligature hya:

Devanagari Conjunct HYa.svg

  • ङ্ (ŋ) + ह (ha) gives the ligature ŋha:

Devanagari Conjunct NgHa.svg

  • ट্ (ṭ) + ह (ha) gives the ligature ṭha:

Devanagari Conjunct TtHa.svg

  • ठ্ (ṭʰ) + ह (ha) gives the ligature ṭʰha:

Devanagari Conjunct TthHa.svg

Bengali Ha

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

Bengali হ with vowel marks
hahihuhrhr̄hehaihohauh
হাহিহীহুহূহৃহৄহেহৈহোহৌহ্

হ in Bengali-using languages

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

Conjuncts with হ

Bengali হ does not form conjuncts like most other letters, and can only be found in conjunction with Repha and Ya-phala. [5]

Bengali Conjunct Rha.svg

Bengali Conjunct Rhya.svg

Gujarati Ha

Gujarati Ha. Gujarati letter Ha.svg
Gujarati Ha.

Ha () is the thirty-third consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the Devanagari Ha ह with the top bar (shiro rekha) removed, and ultimately the Brahmi letter Brahmi h.svg .

Gujarati-using Languages

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

HaHiHuHrHlHr̄Hl̄HeHaiHoHauH
Gujarati Ha Matras.svg
Gujarati Ha syllables, with vowel marks in red.

Conjuncts with હ

Gujarati હ exhibits conjunct ligatures, much like its parent Devanagari Script. While most Gujarati conjuncts can only be formed by reducing the letter shape to create a "half form" that fits tightly to following letter, Ha does not have 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. Lacking a half form, Ha will normally use an explicit virama when forming conjuncts without a true ligature. 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.

Gujarati conjunct RHa.svg

Gujarati conjunct HRa.svg

Gujarati conjunct HNna.svg

Gujarati conjunct HNa.svg

Gujarati conjunct HLa.svg

Gujarati conjunct HVa.svg

Javanese Ha

Telugu Ha

Telugu letter Ha.svg
Telugu subjoined Ha.svg
Telugu independent and subjoined Ha.

Ha () is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi h.svg . 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 Ha

Malayalam letter Ha Malayalam letter Ha.svg
Malayalam letter Ha

Ha () is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi h.svg , via the Grantha letter Grantha letter Ha.svg Ha. 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 Ha matras: Ha, Ha, Hi, Hi, Hu, Hu, Hr, Hr, Hl, Hl, He, He, Hai, Ho, Ho, Hau, and H. Malayalam Ha matras.svg
Malayalam Ha matras: Ha, Hā, Hi, Hī, Hu, Hū, Hr̥, Hr̥̄, Hl̥, Hl̥̄, He, Hē, Hai, Ho, Hō, Hau, and H.

Conjuncts of ഹ

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.

Malayalam conjunct HNa.svg

Malayalam conjunct HMa.svg

Odia Ha

Odia letter Ha.svg
Odia subjoined Ha.svg
Odia independent and subjoined letter Ha.

Ha () is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi h.svg , via the Siddhaṃ letter Siddham h.svg Ha. 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.

Odia Ha with vowel matras
HaHiHuHr̥Hr̥̄Hl̥Hl̥̄HeHaiHoHauH
ହାହିହୀହୁହୂହୃହୄହୢହୣହେହୈହୋହୌହ୍

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. ହ generates conjuncts only by subjoining and does not form ligatures.

Kaithi Ha

Kaithi Ha.svg
Kaithi consonant Ha.

Ha (𑂯) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi h.svg , via the Siddhaṃ letter Siddham h.svg Ha. 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 Ha with vowel matras
HaHiHuHeHaiHoHauH
𑂯𑂯𑂰𑂯𑂱𑂯𑂲𑂯𑂳𑂯𑂴𑂯𑂵𑂯𑂶𑂯𑂷𑂯𑂸𑂯𑂹

Conjuncts of 𑂯

As is common in Indic scripts, Kaithi 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.

Kaithi conjunct RHa.svg

Comparison of Ha

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

Comparison of Ha in different scripts
Aramaic
He0.svg
Kharoṣṭhī
𐨱
Ashoka Brahmi
Brahmi h.svg
Kushana Brahmi [lower-alpha 1]
Gupta ashoka h.svg
Tocharian [lower-alpha 2]
Tocharian letter ha.gif
Gupta Brahmi
Gupta allahabad h.svg
Pallava
Pallava Ha.svg
Kadamba
-
Bhaiksuki
𑰮
Siddhaṃ
Siddham h.svg
Grantha
𑌹
Cham
Sinhala
Pyu /
Old Mon [lower-alpha 3]
-
Tibetan
Tibetan Ha.svg
Newa
𑐴
Ahom
𑜑
Malayalam
Telugu
Burmese
Lepcha
Ranjana
Ranjana h.svg
Saurashtra
Dives Akuru
𑤭
Kannada
Kayah Li
Limbu
Soyombo [lower-alpha 4]
𑪂
Khmer
Tamil
Chakma
𑄦
Tai Tham
 / 
Meitei Mayek
Gaudi
-
Thai
Lao
Tai Le
Marchen
𑲎
Tirhuta
𑒯
New Tai Lue
Tai Viet
 / 
Aksara Kawi
Aksara Kawi ha.svg
'Phags-pa
Odia
Sharada
𑆲
Rejang
Batak
Buginese
Zanabazar Square
𑨱
Bengali-Assamese
Bengali Letter Ha.svg
Takri
𑚩
Javanese
Balinese
Makasar
-
Hangul [lower-alpha 5]
-
Northern Nagari
-
Dogri
𑠪
Laṇḍā
-
Sundanese
Baybayin
Modi
𑘮
Gujarati
Khojki
𑈪
Khudabadi
𑋞
Mahajani
𑅱
Tagbanwa
-
Devanagari
Devanagari h.svg
Nandinagari
𑧎
Kaithi
Kaithi Ha.svg
Gurmukhi
Multani
𑊦
Buhid
Canadian Syllabics [lower-alpha 6]
-
Soyombo [lower-alpha 7]
𑪂
Sylheti Nagari
Gunjala Gondi
𑶇
Masaram Gondi [lower-alpha 8]
𑴬
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 Ha

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

Character information
Preview Devanagari h.svg Bengali Letter Ha.svg
Unicode nameDEVANAGARI LETTER HABENGALI LETTER HATAMIL LETTER HATELUGU LETTER HAORIYA LETTER HAKANNADA LETTER HAMALAYALAM LETTER HAGUJARATI LETTER HAGURMUKHI LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 2361U+09392489U+09B93001U+0BB93129U+0C392873U+0B393257U+0CB93385U+0D392745U+0AB92617U+0A39
UTF-8 224 164 185E0 A4 B9224 166 185E0 A6 B9224 174 185E0 AE B9224 176 185E0 B0 B9224 172 185E0 AC B9224 178 185E0 B2 B9224 180 185E0 B4 B9224 170 185E0 AA B9224 168 185E0 A8 B9
Numeric character reference हहহহஹஹహహହହಹಹഹഹહહਹਹ
ISCII216D8216D8216D8216D8216D8216D8216D8216D8216D8


Character information
Preview
Ashoka Brahmi h.svg
Kushana Gupta ashoka h.svg
Gupta Gupta allahabad h.svg
𐨱 Siddham h.svg 𑌹
Unicode nameBRAHMI LETTER HAKHAROSHTHI LETTER HASIDDHAM LETTER HAGRANTHA LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 69683U+1103368145U+10A3171086U+115AE70457U+11339
UTF-8 240 145 128 179F0 91 80 B3240 144 168 177F0 90 A8 B1240 145 150 174F0 91 96 AE240 145 140 185F0 91 8C B9
UTF-16 55300 56371D804 DC3355298 56881D802 DE3155301 56750D805 DDAE55300 57145D804 DF39
Numeric character reference 𑀳𑀳𐨱𐨱𑖮𑖮𑌹𑌹


Character information
Preview Tibetan Ha.svg 𑨱𑐴𑰮𑆲
Unicode nameTIBETAN LETTER HATIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER HAPHAGS-PA LETTER HAZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER HANEWA LETTER HABHAIKSUKI LETTER HASHARADA LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 3943U+0F674023U+0FB743100U+A85C72241U+11A3170708U+1143472750U+11C2E70066U+111B2
UTF-8 224 189 167E0 BD A7224 190 183E0 BE B7234 161 156EA A1 9C240 145 168 177F0 91 A8 B1240 145 144 180F0 91 90 B4240 145 176 174F0 91 B0 AE240 145 134 178F0 91 86 B2
UTF-16 39430F6740230FB743100A85C55302 56881D806 DE3155301 56372D805 DC3455303 56366D807 DC2E55300 56754D804 DDB2
Numeric character reference ཧཧྷྷꡜꡜ𑨱𑨱𑐴𑐴𑰮𑰮𑆲𑆲


Character information
Preview
Unicode nameMYANMAR LETTER HATAI THAM LETTER HIGH HATAI THAM LETTER LOW HANEW TAI LUE LETTER HIGH HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 4127U+101F6729U+1A496732U+1A4C6560U+19A0
UTF-8 225 128 159E1 80 9F225 169 137E1 A9 89225 169 140E1 A9 8C225 166 160E1 A6 A0
Numeric character reference ဟဟᩉᩉᩌᩌᦠᦠ


Character information
Preview
Unicode nameKHMER LETTER HALAO LETTER HO SUNGTHAI CHARACTER HO HIPTAI VIET LETTER LOW HOTAI VIET LETTER HIGH HO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 6048U+17A03755U+0EAB3627U+0E2B43692U+AAAC43693U+AAAD
UTF-8 225 158 160E1 9E A0224 186 171E0 BA AB224 184 171E0 B8 AB234 170 172EA AA AC234 170 173EA AA AD
Numeric character reference ហហຫຫหหꪬꪬꪭꪭ


Character information
Preview𑄦𑜑𑤭
Unicode nameSINHALA LETTER HAYANNAKAYAH LI LETTER HACHAKMA LETTER HAATAI LE LETTER HAAHOM LETTER HADIVES AKURU LETTER HASAURASHTRA LETTER HACHAM LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 3524U+0DC443295U+A91F69926U+111266494U+195E71441U+1171171981U+1192D43186U+A8B243560U+AA28
UTF-8 224 183 132E0 B7 84234 164 159EA A4 9F240 145 132 166F0 91 84 A6225 165 158E1 A5 9E240 145 156 145F0 91 9C 91240 145 164 173F0 91 A4 AD234 162 178EA A2 B2234 168 168EA A8 A8
UTF-16 35240DC443295A91F55300 56614D804 DD266494195E55301 57105D805 DF1155302 56621D806 DD2D43186A8B243560AA28
Numeric character reference හහꤟꤟ𑄦𑄦ᥞᥞ𑜑𑜑𑤭𑤭ꢲꢲꨨꨨ


Character information
Preview𑘮𑧎𑪂𑶇 Kaithi Ha.svg
Unicode nameMODI LETTER HANANDINAGARI LETTER HASOYOMBO LETTER HASYLOTI NAGRI LETTER HOGUNJALA GONDI LETTER HAKAITHI LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 71214U+1162E72142U+119CE72322U+11A8243042U+A82273095U+11D8769807U+110AF
UTF-8 240 145 152 174F0 91 98 AE240 145 167 142F0 91 A7 8E240 145 170 130F0 91 AA 82234 160 162EA A0 A2240 145 182 135F0 91 B6 87240 145 130 175F0 91 82 AF
UTF-16 55301 56878D805 DE2E55302 56782D806 DDCE55302 56962D806 DE8243042A82255303 56711D807 DD8755300 56495D804 DCAF
Numeric character reference 𑘮𑘮𑧎𑧎𑪂𑪂ꠢꠢ𑶇𑶇𑂯𑂯


Character information
Preview𑒯𑲎
Unicode nameTIRHUTA LETTER HALEPCHA LETTER HALIMBU LETTER HAMEETEI MAYEK LETTER HUKMARCHEN LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 70831U+114AF7197U+1C1D6428U+191C43981U+ABCD72846U+11C8E
UTF-8 240 145 146 175F0 91 92 AF225 176 157E1 B0 9D225 164 156E1 A4 9C234 175 141EA AF 8D240 145 178 142F0 91 B2 8E
UTF-16 55301 56495D805 DCAF71971C1D6428191C43981ABCD55303 56462D807 DC8E
Numeric character reference 𑒯𑒯ᰝᰝᤜᤜꯍꯍ𑲎𑲎


Character information
Preview𑚩𑠪𑈪𑋞𑅱𑊦
Unicode nameTAKRI LETTER HADOGRA LETTER HAKHOJKI LETTER HAKHUDAWADI LETTER HAMAHAJANI LETTER HAMULTANI LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 71337U+116A971722U+1182A70186U+1122A70366U+112DE70001U+1117170310U+112A6
UTF-8 240 145 154 169F0 91 9A A9240 145 160 170F0 91 A0 AA240 145 136 170F0 91 88 AA240 145 139 158F0 91 8B 9E240 145 133 177F0 91 85 B1240 145 138 166F0 91 8A A6
UTF-16 55301 57001D805 DEA955302 56362D806 DC2A55300 56874D804 DE2A55300 57054D804 DEDE55300 56689D804 DD7155300 56998D804 DEA6
Numeric character reference 𑚩𑚩𑠪𑠪𑈪𑈪𑋞𑋞𑅱𑅱𑊦𑊦


Character information
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Unicode nameBALINESE LETTER HABATAK LETTER HABUGINESE LETTER HAJAVANESE LETTER HAREJANG LETTER HASUNDANESE LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 6963U+1B337106U+1BC26678U+1A1643442U+A9B243329U+A9417072U+1BA0
UTF-8 225 172 179E1 AC B3225 175 130E1 AF 82225 168 150E1 A8 96234 166 178EA A6 B2234 165 129EA A5 81225 174 160E1 AE A0
Numeric character reference ᬳᬳᯂᯂᨖᨖꦲꦲꥁꥁᮠᮠ


Character information
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Unicode nameTAGALOG LETTER HABUHID LETTER HAHANUNOO LETTER HAMASARAM GONDI LETTER HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 5905U+17115969U+17515937U+173173004U+11D2C
UTF-8 225 156 145E1 9C 91225 157 145E1 9D 91225 156 177E1 9C B1240 145 180 172F0 91 B4 AC
UTF-16 59051711596917515937173155303 56620D807 DD2C
Numeric character reference ᜑᜑᝑᝑᜱᜱ𑴬𑴬


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Cha is the seventh consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, cha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter , which is probably derived from the Aramaic letter ("Q") after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ña or Nya is the tenth consonant of Indic abugidas. It is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter .

Ṭa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. It is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other retroflex consonants, ṭa is absent from most scripts not used for a language of India.

Ṭha is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ṭha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other cerebral consonants, ṭha is not found in most scripts for Tai, Sino-Tibetan, and other non-Indic languages, except for a few scripts, which retain these letters for transcribing Sanskrit religious terms.

Ḍa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ḍa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other cerebral consonants, ḍa is not found in most scripts for Tai, Sino-Tibetan, and other non-Indic languages, except for a few scripts, which retain these letters for transcribing Sanskrit religious terms.

Ḍha is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ḍha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other cerebral consonants, ḍha is not found in most scripts for Tai, Sino-Tibetan, and other non-Indic languages, except for a few scripts, which retain these letters for transcribing Sanskrit religious terms.

Ṇa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ṇa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other cerebral consonants, ṇa is not found in most scripts for Tai, Sino-Tibetan, and other non-Indic languages, except for a few scripts, which retain these letters for transcribing Sanskrit religious terms.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ra is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ra is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . Most Indic scripts have differing forms of Ra when used in combination with other consonants, including subjoined and repha forms. Some of these are encoded in computer text as separate characters, while others are generated dynamically using conjunct shaping with a virama.

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

Va or Wa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Va is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . It is generally romanized as "Va" in scripts for Indic languages, but as "Wa" in many scripts for other language families.

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

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

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

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^note Conjuncts are identified by IAST transliteration, except aspirated consonants are indicated with a superscript "h" to distinguish from an unaspirated cononant + Ha.