Ja (Indic)

Ja
Ja
Example glyphs
Bengali–Assamese	Ja
Tibetan	Ja
Tamil	ஜ
Thai	ช
Malayalam	ജ
Sinhala	ජ
Ashoka Brahmi	Ja
Devanagari	Ja
Cognates
Hebrew	ז
Greek	Ζ
Latin	Z, Ʒ, ẞ
Cyrillic	З
Properties
Phonemic representation	/d͡ʒ/ /t͜ɕʰ/B /s/C /t͜ɕ/D /t͜s/E /z/F
IAST transliteration	ja Ja
ISCII code point	BA (186)
^B in Thai ^C in Lao ^D in Northern Thai, Tai Khün ^E in Tai Lü ^F in Burmese

Ja is the eighth consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, ja is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter ng after having gone through the Gupta letter File:Gupta allahabad j.svg.

Āryabhaṭa numeration

Further information: 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 ज are:

• ज [d͡ʒə] = 8 (८)
• जि [d͡ʒɪ] = 800 (८००)
• जु [d͡ʒʊ] = 80,000 (८० ०००)
• जृ [d͡ʒri] = 8,000,000 (८० ०० ०००)
• जॢ [d͡ʒlə] = 8×10⁸ (८०^८)
• जे [d͡ʒe] = 8×10¹⁰ (८०^१०)
• जै [d͡ʒɛː] = 8×10¹² (८०^१२)
• जो [d͡ʒoː] = 8×10¹⁴ (८०^१४)
• जौ [d͡ʒɔː] = 8×10¹⁶ (८०^१६)

Historic Ja

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

Brahmi Ja

The Brahmi letter Ja, Ja, is probably derived from the Aramaic Zayin File:Zayin.svg, and is thus related to the modern Latin Z and Greek Zeta. Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Ja can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period. 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 Ja historic forms

Ashoka (3rd-1st c. BCE)	Girnar (~150 BCE)	Kushana (~150-250 CE)	Gujarat (~250 CE)	Gupta (~350 CE)
File:Brahmi j.svg	File:Gupta girnar j.svg	File:Gupta ashoka j.svg	File:Gupta gujarat j.svg	File:Gupta allahabad j.svg

Tocharian Ja

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

Tocharian Ja with vowel marks

Ja	Jā	Ji	Jī	Ju	Jū	Jr	Jr̄	Je	Jai	Jo	Jau	Jä
File:Tocharian letter ja.gif	File:Tocharian letter jaa.gif	File:Tocharian letter ji.gif	File:Tocharian letter jii.gif	File:Tocharian letter ju.gif				File:Tocharian letter je.gif	File:Tocharian letter jai.gif	File:Tocharian letter jo.gif	File:Tocharian letter jau.gif	File:Tocharian letter jä.gif

Kharoṣṭhī Ja

The Kharoṣṭhī letter Ja is generally accepted as being derived from the Aramaic Zayin File:Zayin.svg, and is thus related to Z and Zeta, in addition to the Brahmi Ja.

Devanagari script

Main article: Ja (Devanagari)

Ja (ज) is the eighth consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter ka, after having gone through the Gupta letter File:Gupta allahabad j.svg. Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter જ and Modi letter 𑘕.

Devanagari Jja

Jja (ॼ) is the character ज with an underbar to represent the voiced palatal implosive [ʄ] that occurs in Sindhi. This underbar is distinct from the Devanagari stress sign anudātta. The underbar is fused to the stem of the letter while the anudātta is a stress accent applied to the entire syllable. This underbar used for Sindhi implosives does not exist as a separate character in Unicode. When the ु or ू vowel sign is applied to jja (ॼ), the ु and ू vowel signs are drawn beneath jja. When the उ ( ु) vowel sign or ऊ ( ू) vowel sign is applied to ja with an anudātta (ज॒), the उ ( ु) vowel sign or ऊ ( ू) vowel sign is first placed under ja (ज) and then the anudātta is placed underneath the उ ( ु) vowel sign or ऊ ( ू) vowel sign.

Character Name	उ ( ु) vowel sign	ऊ ( ू) vowel sign
ॼ (Implosive ja)	ॼु	ॼू
ज॒ (Ja with anudātta)	जु॒	जू॒

An example of a Sindhi word that uses jja (ॼ) is ॼाण (ڄاڻَ), which is of the feminine grammatical gender and means information or knowledge.

Devanagari Za

Za (ज़) is the character ज with a single dot underneath. It is used in Devanagari transcriptions of Urdu, English, and other languages to denote the voiced alveolar sibilant [z]. Za (ज़) should not be confused with ža (झ़), which is the character jha (झ) combined with a nuqta, and is used to transcribe the voiced post-alveolar fricative [ʒ] from Urdu (ژ) and English. Za (ज़) should also not be confused zha (ॹ), which is used in Devanagari transcriptions of the Avestan letter zhe (𐬲) to denote the voiced post-alveolar fricative [ʒ].

Devanagari Zha

Zha (ॹ) is the character ज with three dots underneath. It is used in Devanagari transcriptions of the Avestan letter zhe (𐬲) to denote the voiced palatal fricative [ʝ]. An example of its usage is in Kavasji Edulji Kanga's Avesta, yazna 41.3 to write ईॹीम्. Zha (ॹ) should not be confused with za (ज़), which is used to denote the voiced alveolar sibilant [z] from Urdu, English, and other languages. Zha (ॹ) should also not be confused with ža (झ़), which is the character jha (झ) combined with a nuqta, and is used to transcribe the voiced post-alveolar fricative [ʒ] from Urdu (ژ) and English.

Devanagari-using Languages

In many languages, ज is pronounced as [d͡ʒə] or [d͡ʒ] when appropriate. In Marathi, ज is sometimes pronounced as [d͡zə] or [d͡z] in addition to [d͡ʒə] or [d͡ʒ]. In Nepali, ज is pronouced as [d͡z] or [z] in free variation. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Devanagari ज with vowel marks

Ja	Jā	Ji	Jī	Ju	Jū	Jr	Jr̄	Jl	Jl̄	Je	Jai	Jo	Jau	J
ज	जा	जि	जी	जु	जू	जृ	जॄ	जॢ	जॣ	जे	जै	जो	जौ	ज्

Conjuncts with ज

File:Devanagari Ja half form.svg

Half form of Ja.

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. 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.

Ligature conjuncts of ज

File:Devanagari JJa conjunct half form.svg

Jja half form

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. The conjunct jja also has a unique half form that differs from the regular conjunct.

• Repha र् (r) + ज (ja) gives the ligature र्ज (rja): ^note

File:Devanagari Conjunct RJa.svg

• Eyelash र् (r) + ज (ja) gives the ligature rja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct Eyelash RJa.svg

• ज् (j) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature ज्र (jra):

File:Devanagari Conjunct JRa.svg

• ज् (j) + न (na) gives the ligature ज्न (jna):

File:Devanagari Conjunct JNa.svg

• ज् (j) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ज्ज (jja):

File:Devanagari Conjunct JJa.svg

• ज् (j) + ज् (j) + व (va) gives the ligature ज्ज्व (jjva):

File:Devanagari Conjunct JJVa.svg

• ज् (j) + ज् (j) + य (ya) gives the ligature ज्ज्य (jjya):

File:Devanagari Conjunct JJYa.svg

Devanagari Jña

File:Devanagari JNya conjunct half form.svg

Jña half form

One of the most common true ligatures in Devanagari is the conjunct jña ज्ञ. This ligature is a required form for most Devanagari languages, and the conjunct even has its own half form that freely joins other letters in horizontal conjuncts.

• ज् (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ज्ञ (jña):

File:Devanagari Conjunct JNya.svg

• Repha र् (r) + ज् (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature र्ज्ञ (rjña):

File:Devanagari Conjunct RJNya.svg

• Eyelash र् (r) + ज् (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature rjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct Eyelash RJNya.svg

• भ् (b^h) + ज् (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature भ्ज्ञ (b^hjña):

File:Devanagari Conjunct BhJNya.svg

• ब् (b) + ज् (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ब्ज्ञ (bjña):

File:Devanagari Conjunct BJNya.svg

• छ् (c^h) + ज् (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature छ्ज्ञ (c^hjña):

File:Devanagari Conjunct ChJNya.svg

• च্ (c) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature cjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct CJNya.svg

• ढ্ (ḍʱ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ḍʱjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct DdhJNya.svg

• ड্ (ḍ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ḍjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct DdJNya.svg

• द্ (d) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature djña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct DJNya.svg

• घ্ (ɡʱ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ɡʱjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct GhJNya.svg

• ग্ (g) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature gjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct GJNya.svg

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

File:Devanagari Conjunct HJNya.svg

• ज্ (j) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature jjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JJNya.svg

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

File:Devanagari Conjunct JhJNya.svg

• ख্ (k^h) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature k^hjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct KhJNya.svg

• क্ (k) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature kjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct KJNya.svg

• ल্ (l) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ljña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct LJNya.svg

• म্ (m) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature mjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct MJNya.svg

• न্ (n) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature njña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct NJNya.svg

• ञ্ (ñ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ñjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct NyJNya.svg

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ŋjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct NgJNya.svg

• फ্ (p^h) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature p^hjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct PhJNya.svg

• प্ (p) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature pjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct PJNya.svg

• श্ (ʃ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ʃjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct ShJNya.svg

• स্ (s) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature sjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct SJNya.svg

• ष্ (ṣ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ṣjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct SsJNya.svg

• थ্ (t^h) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature t^hjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct ThJNya.svg

• त্ (t) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature tjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct TJNya.svg

• ठ্ (ṭ^h) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ṭ^hjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct TthJNya.svg

• ट্ (ṭ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ṭjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct TtJNya.svg

• व্ (v) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature vjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct VJNya.svg

• य্ (y) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature yjña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct YJNya.svg

Stacked conjuncts of ज

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.

• भ্ (b^h) + ज (ja) gives the ligature b^hja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct BhJa.svg

• ब্ (b) + ज (ja) gives the ligature bja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct BJa.svg

• छ্ (c^h) + ज (ja) gives the ligature c^hja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct ChJa.svg

• च্ (c) + ज (ja) gives the ligature cja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct CJa.svg

• ढ্ (ḍʱ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ḍʱja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct DdhJa.svg

• ड্ (ḍ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ḍja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct DdJa.svg

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

File:Devanagari Conjunct DhJa.svg

• द্ (d) + ज (ja) gives the ligature dja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct DJa.svg

• घ্ (ɡʱ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ɡʱja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct GhJa.svg

• ग্ (g) + ज (ja) gives the ligature gja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct GJa.svg

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

File:Devanagari Conjunct HJa.svg

• ज্ (j) + च (ca) gives the ligature jca:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JCa.svg

• ज্ (j) + ड (ḍa) gives the ligature jḍa:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JDda.svg

• झ্ (j^h) + ज (ja) gives the ligature j^hja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JhJa.svg

• ज্ (j) + ल (la) gives the ligature jla:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JLa.svg

• ज্ (j) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature jŋa:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JNga.svg

• ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature jña:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JNya.svg

• ज্ (j) + श (ʃa) gives the ligature jʃa:

File:Devanagari Conjunct JSha.svg

• ख্ (k^h) + ज (ja) gives the ligature k^hja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct KhJa.svg

• क্ (k) + ज (ja) gives the ligature kja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct KJa.svg

• ल্ (l) + ज (ja) gives the ligature lja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct LJa.svg

• ळ্ (ḷ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ḷja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct LlJa.svg

• म্ (m) + ज (ja) gives the ligature mja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct MJa.svg

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ŋja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct NgJa.svg

• न্ (n) + ज (ja) gives the ligature nja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct NJa.svg

• ञ্ (ñ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ñja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct NyJa.svg

• फ্ (p^h) + ज (ja) gives the ligature p^hja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct PhJa.svg

• प্ (p) + ज (ja) gives the ligature pja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct PJa.svg

• श্ (ʃ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ʃja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct ShJa.svg

• स্ (s) + ज (ja) gives the ligature sja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct SJa.svg

• ष্ (ṣ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ṣja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct SsJa.svg

• त্ (t) + ज (ja) gives the ligature tja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct TJa.svg

• ठ্ (ṭ^h) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ṭ^hja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct TthJa.svg

• ट্ (ṭ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ṭja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct TtJa.svg

• व্ (v) + ज (ja) gives the ligature vja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct VJa.svg

• य্ (y) + ज (ja) gives the ligature yja:

File:Devanagari Conjunct YJa.svg

Bengali script

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

Bengali জ with vowel marks

ja	jā	ji	jī	ju	jū	jr	jr̄	je	jai	jo	jau	j
জ	জা	জি	জী	জু	জূ	জৃ	জৄ	জে	জৈ	জো	জৌ	জ্

জ in Bengali-using languages

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

Conjuncts with জ

Bengali জ exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts, with a tendency towards stacked ligatures.

• ব্ (b) + জ (ja) gives the ligature bja:

File:Bengali Conjunct Bja.svg

• জ্ (j) + জ (ja) gives the ligature jja:

File:Bengali Conjunct Jja.svg

• জ্ (j) + ঝ (j^ha) gives the ligature jj^ha:

File:Bengali Conjunct Jjha.svg

• জ্ (j) + জ্ (j) + ব (va) gives the ligature jjva, with the va phala suffix:

File:Bengali Conjunct Jjva.svg

• জ্ (j) + ঞ (ña) gives the ligature jña:

File:Bengali Conjunct Jnya.svg

• জ্ (j) + র (ra) gives the ligature jra, with the ra phala suffix:

File:Bengali Conjunct Jra.svg

• জ্ (j) + ব (va) gives the ligature jva, with the va phala suffix:

File:Bengali Conjunct Jva.svg

• জ্ (j) + য (ya) gives the ligature jya, with the ya phala suffix:

File:Bengali Conjunct Jya.svg

• ঞ (ñ) + জ (ja) gives the ligature ñja:

File:Bengali Conjunct NYja.svg

• র্ (r) + জ (ja) gives the ligature rja, with the repha prefix:

File:Bengali Conjunct Rja.svg

• র্ (r) + জ্ (j) + য (ya) gives the ligature rjya, with the repha prefix and ya phala suffix:

File:Bengali Conjunct Rjya.svg

Gujarati Ja

File:Gujarati letter Ja.svg

Gujarati Ja.

Ja (જ) is the eighth consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is possibly derived from a variant of 16th century Devanagari Ja Ja with the top bar (shiro rekha) removed, and ultimately the Brahmi letter Ja. When combined with certain vowels, the Gujarati Ja may assume unique forms, such as જા, જી, and જો.

Gujarati-using Languages

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

Ja	Jā	Ji	Jī	Ju	Jū	Jr	Jl	Jr̄	Jl̄	Jĕ	Je	Jai	Jŏ	Jo	Jau	J
File:Gujarati Ja Matras.svg
Gujarati Ja syllables, with vowel marks in red.

Related letters

Za (જ઼) is the character Ja (જ) with a single dot underneath. It corresponds to the Devanagari character Za (ज़). It is also used in Gujarati transcriptions of Avestan (𐬰), Urdu (ژ), English, and other languages to denote the voiced alveolar sibilant [z]. Zha (ૹ) is the character Ja (જ) with three dots underneath. It is used in Gujarati transcriptions of the Avestan letter zhe (𐬲) to denote the voiced palatal fricative [ʒ] and is analogous to the Devanagari character zha (ॹ). Zha (ૹ) was added to the Unicode Standard as a single character ljust like the Devanagari character zha (ॹ) with Unicode 8.0 on 17 June 2015. An example of a word in the Gujarati script the uses zha (ૹ) is ચીૹ્દી.

Conjuncts with જ

Gujarati જ 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, Ja 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, X 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.

• ર્ (r) + જ (ja) gives the ligature RJa:

File:Gujarati conjunct RJa.svg

• જ્ (j) + ર (ra) gives the ligature JRa:

File:Gujarati conjunct JRa.svg

• જ્ (j) + ઞ (ɲa) gives the ligature JÑa:

File:Gujarati conjunct JNya.svg

• ર્ (r) + જ (ja) ઞ (ɲa) gives the ligature RJÑa:

File:Gujarati conjunct RJNya.svg

• જ (ja) + ઞ્ (ɲ) + ર (ra) gives the ligature JÑRa:

File:Gujarati conjunct JNyRa.svg

Gurmukhi script

Jajjaa [d͡ʒəd͡ʒːɑ] (ਜ) is the thirteenth letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet. Its name is [d͡ʒəd͡ʒːɑ] and is pronounced as /d͡ʒ/ when used in words. It is derived from the Laṇḍā letter ja, and ultimately from the Brahmi ja. Gurmukhi jajaa does not have a special pairin or addha (reduced) form for making conjuncts, and in modern Punjabi texts do not take a half form or halant to indicate the bare consonant /d͡ʒ/, although Gurmukhi Sanskrit texts may use an explicit halant.

Jajje vicc bindi

A dot added below Jajja (ਜ਼) denotes that it has to be pronounced as the voiced alveolar fricative /z/.

Telugu Ja

Telugu Ja

Telugu subjoined Ja

Telugu independent and subjoined Ja.

Ja (జ) is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter J. It is closely related to the Kannada letter ಜ. Since it lacks the v-shaped headstroke common to most Telugu letters, జ remains unaltered by most vowel matras, and its subjoined form is simply a smaller version of the normal letter shape. 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 Ja

File:Malayalam letter Ja.svg

Malayalam letter Ja

Ja (ജ) is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter J, via the Grantha letter Ja Ja. 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.

File:Malayalam Ja matras.svg

Malayalam Ja matras: Ja, Jā, Ji, Jī, Ju, Jū, Jr̥, Jr̥̄, Jl̥, Jl̥̄, Je, Jē, Jai, Jo, Jō, Jau, and J.

Conjuncts of ജ

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.

• ജ് (j) + ജ (ja) gives the ligature jja:

File:Malayalam conjunct JJa.svg

• ഞ് (ñ) + ജ (ja) gives the ligature ñja:

File:Malayalam conjunct NyJa.svg

• ജ് (j) + ഞ (ña) gives the ligature jña:

File:Malayalam conjunct JNya.svg

Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Ce

ᒉ, ᒋ, ᒍ and ᒐ are the base characters "Ce", "Ci", "Co" and "Ca" in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics. The bare consonant ᒡ (C) is a small version of the A-series letter ᒐ, although the Western Cree letter ᐨ, derived from Pitman shorthand was the original bare consonant symbol for C. The character ᒉ is derived from a handwritten form of the Devanagari letter ज, without the headline or vertical stem, and the forms for different vowels are derived by mirroring. Unlike most writing systems without legacy computer encodings, complex Canadian syllabic letters are represented in Unicode with pre-composed characters, rather than with base characters and diacritical marks.

Variant	E-series		I-series		O-series			A-series			Other
C + vowel	ᒉ		ᒋ		ᒍ			ᒐ
	Ce		Ci		Co			Ca
Small	-		ᣗ		ᒢ			ᒡ			ᐨ
	-		Ojibway C		Sayisi Th			C			Cree C
C with long vowels	-		ᒌ		ᒎ		ᒏ	ᒑ			ᒊ
	-		Cī		Cō		Cree Cō	Cā			Cāi
C + W- vowels	ᒒ	ᒓ	ᒔ	ᒕ	ᒘ		ᒙ	ᒜ		ᒝ
	Cwe	Cree Cwe	Cwi	Cree Cwi	Cwo		Cree Cwo	Cwa		Cree Cwa
C + W- long vowels	-		ᒖ	ᒗ	ᒚ		ᒛ	ᒞ	ᒠ	ᒟ	-
	-		Cwī	Cree Cwī	Cwō		Cree Cwō	Cwā	Naskapi Cwā	Cree Cwā	-

Odia Ja

Odia independent letter Ja

Odia subjoined letter Ja

Odia independent and subjoined letter Ja.

Ja (ଜ) is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter J, via the Siddhaṃ letter Ja Ja. 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 Ja with vowel matras

Ja	Jā	Ji	Jī	Ju	Jū	Jr̥	Jr̥̄	Jl̥	Jl̥̄	Je	Jai	Jo	Jau	J
ଜ	ଜା	ଜି	ଜୀ	ଜୁ	ଜୂ	ଜୃ	ଜୄ	ଜୢ	ଜୣ	ଜେ	ଜୈ	ଜୋ	ଜୌ	ଜ୍ Conjuncts of ଜ 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. ଞ୍ (ñ) + ଜ (ja) gives the ligature ñja: File:Odia conjunct NyJa.svg ଜ୍ (j) + ଞ (ña) gives the ligature jña: File:Odia conjunct JNya.svg

Kaithi Ja

Kaithi consonant Ja

Kaithi half-form letter Ja

Kaithi consonant and half-form Ja.

Ja (𑂔) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter J, via the Siddhaṃ letter Ja Ja. 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 Ja with vowel matras

Ja	Jā	Ji	Jī	Ju	Jū	Je	Jai	Jo	Jau	J
𑂔	𑂔𑂰	𑂔𑂱	𑂔𑂲	𑂔𑂳	𑂔𑂴	𑂔𑂵	𑂔𑂶	𑂔𑂷	𑂔𑂸	𑂔𑂹

Conjuncts of 𑂔

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.

• 𑂔୍ (j) + 𑂩 (ra) gives the ligature jra:

File:Kaithi conjunct JRa.svg

• 𑂩୍ (r) + 𑂔 (ja) gives the ligature rja:

File:Kaithi conjunct RJa.svg

Khmer Co

ជ ្ជ Independent Subscript Khmer independent and subjoined letter Co.

Co (ជ) is a consonant of the Khmer abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter File:Brahmi v.svg, via the Pallava letter Va Va. Like in other Indic scripts, Khmer consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel. Actually, the sounds of the vowels are modified by the consonant; see the article on the Khmer writing system for details.

Khmer Co with vowel matras

Ja	Jā	Ji	Jī	Ju	Jū	Jr̥	Jr̥̄	Jl̥	Jl̥̄	Je	Jai	Jo	Jau	Jẏ	Jȳ	Jua	Joe	Jẏa	Jia	Jae	Jà	J
ជ	ជា	ជិ	ជី	ជុ	ជូ	ជ្ឫ	ជ្ឬ	ជ្ឭ	ជ្ឮ	ជេ	ជៃ	ជោ	ជៅ	ជឹ	ជឺ	ជួ	ជើ	ជឿ	ជៀ	ជែ	ជៈ	ជ៑

Note: The vowels (other than vocalic liquids) are shown using the ALA-LC scheme. Pali and Sanskrit are written as abugidas with the lack of a vowel between consonants notated as consonants indicated by vertically stacking the consonants without their touching. For phonetically final consonants, the lack of a vowel is marked by virama. The Khmer language works the same, except that a different method is used for the last consonant of a word. The final consonant in a consonant stack is indicated as having no implicit vowel by applying tôndôkhéad to it. By default, a consonant surmounted by robat is silent and lacks an inherent vowel. The yŭkôlpĭntŭ positively indicates the presence of a final implicit vowel, plus its automatic glottal stop. Otherwise, there is no final vowel, unless the word is of Pali or Sanskrit origin, in which case the spelling is ambiguous. Up until the start of the 20th century, the lack of a final vowel could be indicating by subscripting the consonant, as then done in Lao and in other non-Indic languages using the Tai Tham script.

Thai script

Cho chang (ช) and so so (ซ) are the tenth and eleventh letters of the Thai script. They fall under the low class of Thai consonants. Unlike many Indic scripts, Thai consonants do not form conjunct ligatures, and use the pinthu—an explicit virama with a dot shape—to indicate bare consonants.

Cho chang

In IPA, cho chang is pronounced as [tɕ^h] at the beginning of a syllable and are pronounced as [t̚] at the end of a syllable. The previous letter of the alphabet, cho ching (ฉ), is also named cho, however, it falls under the high class of Thai consonants. In the acrophony of the Thai script, chang (ช้าง) means 'elephant'. Cho chang corresponds to the Sanskrit character 'ज'.

So so

In IPA, so so is pronounced as [s] at the beginning of a syllable and are pronounced as [t̚] at the end of a syllable. In the acrophony of the Thai script, so (โซ่) means 'chain'. Old Thai had the voiced fricative sound /z/. When the Thai script was developed, cho chang was slightly modified to create distinct letter for /z/. In modern Thai, the voicing of /z/ became lost and thus is now pronounced as [s] at the beginning of a syllable.

Lao Script

So tam (ຊ) and Pali jha (ຌ) are the eighth and ninth consonants of the Pali alphabet in the Lao script. Unlike many Indic scripts, Lao consonants mostly do not form conjunct ligatures, and may use the Pali virama —an explicit virama with a dot shape—to indicate bare consonants.

So tam

In IPA, so tam was originally pronounced as [dʑ] at the beginning of a syllable. The next consonant in the Pali alphabet, jha, was oriɡinally nominally pronounced as [dʑ^ɦ].

Pali jha

When the precursor of the Lao script was being developed, so tam was modified to create a consonant to represent the sound /z/ in the vernacular, and this was ordered after so tam in the alphabet. This also happened in the Tai Tham script, the script used for Pali texts. As a result of sound changes, all three of so tam, its successor for the vernacular, and its successor in Pali came to be pronounced /s/, though so tam remained distinct in the regional centre, Chiang Mai. The two successors came to be confused, and so when the Pali-writing capability of the Lao script was restored in the 1930s, the glyph chosen for Pali Jha was actually that proper to the vernacular successor. Meanwhile, the modified character had become redundant in the vernacular.

Javanese script

Main article: Ja (Javanese)

Tai Tham Script

Tai Tham independent letter Low ca (ᨩ)

Tai Tham subscript letter Low ca (◌᩠ᨩ)

Tai Tham independent letter Low Sa (ᨪ)

Northern Thai independent (ᨩ) and subjoined Low Ca (◌᩠ᨩ) and Low Sa (ᨪ).

Tai Tham independent letter Low ca (ᨩ)

Tai Tham subscript letter Low ca (◌᩠ᨩ)

Tai Tham independent letter Low Sa (ᨪ)

Tai Khün independent (ᨩ) and subjoined Low Ca (◌᩠ᨩ) and Low Sa (ᨪ).

Low Ca (ᨩ) is a consonant of the Tai Tham abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter File:Brahmi j.svg, via the Pallava letter Ja Ja. The Tai Tham script was originally used to write Pali (the name 'Tham' is a local form of dharma), and faced the same limitations in writing Tai languages as Khmer had. The Thai solutions were adopted, with consonants being systematically modified by the addition of a tail to supply new consonants, mostly for fricatives. Low Ca was modified, yielding Low Sa. Both consonants are low consonants in the Tai alphabets. The two sounds, /dʑ/ and /z/, subsequently merɡed in Lao as /s/, and Low Sa is absent from the Lao variant of Tai Tham. The other Tai languages keep them separate, as /tɕ/ or /ts/ and /s/. There is considerable variation in the basic shape of this character; the two pieces typical of Northern Thai shapes join in Tai Khün, Tai Lü and Lao designs.

Low Ca

Like in other Indic scripts, Tai Tham consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel.

Tai Tham Low Ca with vowel matras

Syllable type	ja	jā	ji	jī	jư	jư̄	ju	jū	jē	jǣ	jō
Closed or open	ᨩ	ᨩᩣ	ᨩᩥ	ᨩᩦ	ᨩᩧ	ᨩᩨ	ᨩᩩ	ᨩᩪ	ᨩᩮ	ᨩᩯ	ᨩᩮᩣ
	jai	jaư	jau				jō̹i
Open	ᨩᩱ	ᨩᩲ	ᨩᩮᩢᩣ	ᨩᩮᩫᩢᩣ	ᨩᩮᩫᩣ	ᨩᩳ	ᨩᩭ
	jo	ja	jō	jœ̄		jō̹				jo̹
Open	ᨩᩰᩡ	ᨩᩡ	ᨩᩰ	ᨩᩮᩬᩥ	ᨩᩮᩦ	ᨩᩬᩴ	ᨩᩴ	ᨩᩬᩳ	ᨩᩳ	ᨩᩰᩬᩡ	ᨩᩰᩬ
Closed	ᨩᩫ	ᨩᩢ	ᨩᩰᩫ	ᨩᩮᩥ	ᨩᩮᩦ	ᨩᩬ				ᨩᩬᩢ
	jūa	jīa		jư̄a
Open	ᨩ᩠ᩅᩫ	ᨩ᩠ᨿᩮ	ᨩᩮᩢ᩠ᨿ	ᨩᩮᩬᩥᩋ	ᨩᩮᩬᩨᩋ	ᨩᩮᩬᩨ
Closed	ᨩ᩠ᩅ	ᨩ᩠ᨿ		ᨩᩮᩬᩥ	ᨩᩮᩬᩨ

Notes:

1. The transliteration scheme is an amalgamation of the ALA-LC schemes of Khmer, Pali and Lao.
2. Many of the matras include subscript wa (File:Lanna subscript wa.svg), subscript ya (File:Lanna subscript ya.svg), subscript a (File:Lanna subscript a.svg) or even the letter a (File:Lanna Letter a.svg) itself. Anusvara (File:Lanna final w.svg) and visarga (File:Lanna visarga dc.svg) are also used.
3. In the relevant Tai languages, a short vowel in an open syllable includes an underlyinɡ ɡlottal stop.

Additional short vowels not shown above may be synthesised from the corresponding long vowel by appending visarga for open syllables (as shown for jo) or applying mai sat (File:Lanna final k.svg) for closed syllables (as shown for jo̹). Unlike the other languages, Lao instead replaces an ī or ư̄ glyph by the corresponding short vowel. The lack of a vowel between consonants notated as consonants is indicated by vertically stacking the consonants, generally without their touching. The Brahmi style of writing final consonants small and low developed, as vestigially seen in Khmer and Lao, into using subscripting to indicate that a consonant had no vowel of its own. In theory this leaves it ambiguous as to whether a consonant precedes or follows the vowel, but ambiguous cases are rare. Finally, if there is no room for the consonant below, it may be left as an 'independent' consonant or. in some cases, written superscript. Occasionally the visible virama (ra haam) is used, but this may signify that the consonant so marked is silent. The vowel /a/ will be made explicit if the final consonant is notated by a letter and is included in the same stack as the initial consonant or is written in a stack just consisting of that consonant. In writing systems that make use of tall aa, as the initial letter of an akshara the letter is followed by round aa, as shown in the table of matras above, rather than tall aa. Low Ca can serve as the initial consonant of a stack, and several examples can be seen above. It can also occur as the final element of a consonant stack in words of Indic origin, both in the clusters jja and ñja of Pali words and as the final consonant after apocope of the final vowel. The ligature ñja File:Lanna ligature nja.svg is not a simple vertical stack - see Ña (Indic)#Tai Tham Ña (forthcoming) for details.

Low Sa

Like in other Indic scripts, Tai Tham consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel.

Tai Tham Low Sa with vowel matras

Syllable type	za	zā	zi	zī	zư	zư̄	zu	zū	zē	zǣ	zō
Closed or open	ᨪ	ᨪᩣ	ᨪᩥ	ᨪᩦ	ᨪᩧ	ᨪᩨ	ᨪᩩ	ᨪᩪ	ᨪᩮ	ᨪᩯ	ᨪᩮᩣ
	zai	zaư	zau			zō̹i
Open	ᨪᩱ	ᨪᩲ	ᨪᩮᩢᩣ	ᨪᩮᩫᩣ	ᨪᩳ	ᨪᩭ
	zo	za	zō	zœ̄	zō̹				zo̹
Open	ᨪᩰᩡ	ᨪᩡ	ᨪᩰ	ᨪᩮᩬᩥ	ᨪᩬᩴ	ᨪᩴ	ᨪᩬᩳ	ᨪᩳ	ᨪᩰᩬᩡ	ᨪᩰᩬ
Closed	ᨪᩫ	ᨪᩢ	ᨪᩰᩫ	ᨪᩮᩥ	ᨪᩬ				ᨪᩬᩢ
	zūa	zīa	zư̄a
Open	ᨪ᩠ᩅᩫ	ᨪ᩠ᨿᩮ	ᨪᩮᩬᩥᩋ	ᨪᩮᩬᩨᩋ	ᨪᩮᩬᩨ
Closed	ᨪ᩠ᩅ	ᨪ᩠ᨿ	ᨪᩮᩬᩥ	ᨪᩮᩬᩨ

Notes:

1. The transliteration scheme is an amalgamation of the ALA-LC schemes of Khmer, Pali and Lao.
2. Many of the matras include subscript wa (File:Lanna subscript wa.svg), subscript ya (File:Lanna subscript ya.svg), subscript a (File:Lanna subscript a.svg) or even the letter a (File:Lanna Letter a.svg) itself. Anusvara (File:Lanna final w.svg) and visarga (File:Lanna visarga dc.svg) are also used.
3. In the relevant Tai languages, a short vowel in an open syllable includes an underlyinɡ ɡlottal stop.

This form occurs only as the initial consonant of a syllable. This letter combined in aksharas with the dependent vowel Ā uses round aa, as shown in the table of matras above, rather than tall aa.

Comparison of Ja

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

Comparison of Ja in different scripts

Aramaic Ja Kharoṣṭhī 𐨗 Ashoka Brahmi Ja Kushana Brahmi Ja Tocharian Ja Gupta Brahmi Ja Pallava Ja Kadamba - Bhaiksuki 𑰕 Siddhaṃ Ja Grantha 𑌜 Cham ꨎ Sinhala ජ Pyu / Old Mon - Tibetan Ja Newa 𑐖 Ahom 𑜊 Malayalam ജ Telugu జ Burmese ဇ Lepcha ᰈ Ranjana Ja Saurashtra ꢙ Dives Akuru 𑤓 Kannada ಜ Kayah Li - Limbu ᤈ Soyombo 𑩣 Khmer ជ Tamil ஜ Chakma 𑄎 Tai Tham Ja / Ja Meitei Mayek ꯖ Gaudi - Thai ช / ซ Lao ຊ / ຌ Tai Le ᥗ Marchen 𑱸 Tirhuta 𑒖 New Tai Lue ᦋ / ᦌ Tai Viet - Aksara Kawi Ja 'Phags-pa ꡆ Odia ଜ Sharada 𑆘 Rejang ꤺ Batak ᯐ Buginese ᨍ Zanabazar Square 𑨒 Bengali-Assamese Ja Takri 𑚑 Javanese ꦗ Balinese ᬚ Makasar 𑻪 Hangul - Northern Nagari - Dogri 𑠑 Laṇḍā - Sundanese ᮏ Baybayin - Modi 𑘕 Gujarati જ Khojki 𑈐 Khudabadi 𑋂 Mahajani 𑅛 Tagbanwa - Devanagari Ja Nandinagari 𑦵 Kaithi Ja Gurmukhi ਜ Multani 𑊌 Buhid - Canadian Syllabics ᒉ Soyombo 𑩣 Sylheti Nagari ꠎ Gunjala Gondi 𑶀 Masaram Gondi 𑴓 Hanuno'o - Notes

Character encodings of Ja

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

Character information

Preview	File:Devanagari ज.svg		File:Bengali Letter Ja.svg		ஜ		జ		ଜ		ಜ		ജ		જ		ਜ
Unicode name	DEVANAGARI LETTER JA		BENGALI LETTER JA		TAMIL LETTER JA		TELUGU LETTER JA		ORIYA LETTER JA		KANNADA LETTER JA		MALAYALAM LETTER JA		GUJARATI LETTER JA		GURMUKHI LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	2332	U+091C	2460	U+099C	2972	U+0B9C	3100	U+0C1C	2844	U+0B1C	3228	U+0C9C	3356	U+0D1C	2716	U+0A9C	2588	U+0A1C
UTF-8	224 164 156	E0 A4 9C	224 166 156	E0 A6 9C	224 174 156	E0 AE 9C	224 176 156	E0 B0 9C	224 172 156	E0 AC 9C	224 178 156	E0 B2 9C	224 180 156	E0 B4 9C	224 170 156	E0 AA 9C	224 168 156	E0 A8 9C
Numeric character reference	ज	ज	জ	জ	ஜ	ஜ	జ	జ	ଜ	ଜ	ಜ	ಜ	ജ	ജ	જ	જ	ਜ	ਜ
ISCII	186	BA	186	BA	186	BA	186	BA	186	BA	186	BA	186	BA	186	BA	186	BA

Character information

Preview	AshokaFile:Brahmi j.svg KushanaFile:Gupta ashoka j.svg GuptaFile:Gupta allahabad j.svg		𐨗		File:Siddham j.svg		𑌜
Unicode name	BRAHMI LETTER JA		KHAROSHTHI LETTER JA		SIDDHAM LETTER JA		GRANTHA LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	69658	U+1101A	68119	U+10A17	71061	U+11595	70428	U+1131C
UTF-8	240 145 128 154	F0 91 80 9A	240 144 168 151	F0 90 A8 97	240 145 150 149	F0 91 96 95	240 145 140 156	F0 91 8C 9C
UTF-16	55300 56346	D804 DC1A	55298 56855	D802 DE17	55301 56725	D805 DD95	55300 57116	D804 DF1C
Numeric character reference	𑀚	𑀚	𐨗	𐨗	𑖕	𑖕	𑌜	𑌜

Character information

Preview	File:Tibetan Ja.svg		ྗ		ꡆ		𑨒		𑐖		𑰕		𑆘
Unicode name	TIBETAN LETTER JA		TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER JA		PHAGS-PA LETTER JA		ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER JA		NEWA LETTER JA		BHAIKSUKI LETTER JA		SHARADA LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	3911	U+0F47	3991	U+0F97	43078	U+A846	72210	U+11A12	70678	U+11416	72725	U+11C15	70040	U+11198
UTF-8	224 189 135	E0 BD 87	224 190 151	E0 BE 97	234 161 134	EA A1 86	240 145 168 146	F0 91 A8 92	240 145 144 150	F0 91 90 96	240 145 176 149	F0 91 B0 95	240 145 134 152	F0 91 86 98
UTF-16	3911	0F47	3991	0F97	43078	A846	55302 56850	D806 DE12	55301 56342	D805 DC16	55303 56341	D807 DC15	55300 56728	D804 DD98
Numeric character reference	ཇ	ཇ	ྗ	ྗ	ꡆ	ꡆ	𑨒	𑨒	𑐖	𑐖	𑰕	𑰕	𑆘	𑆘

Character information

Preview	ဇ		ᨩ		ᨪ		ᦋ		ᦌ
Unicode name	MYANMAR LETTER JA		TAI THAM LETTER LOW CA		TAI THAM LETTER LOW SA		NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW TSA		NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW SA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4103	U+1007	6697	U+1A29	6698	U+1A2A	6539	U+198B	6540	U+198C
UTF-8	225 128 135	E1 80 87	225 168 169	E1 A8 A9	225 168 170	E1 A8 AA	225 166 139	E1 A6 8B	225 166 140	E1 A6 8C
Numeric character reference	ဇ	ဇ	ᨩ	ᨩ	ᨪ	ᨪ	ᦋ	ᦋ	ᦌ	ᦌ

Character information

Preview	ជ		ຊ		ຌ		ช		ซ
Unicode name	KHMER LETTER CO		LAO LETTER SO TAM		LAO LETTER PALI JHA		THAI CHARACTER CHO CHANG		THAI CHARACTER SO SO
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	6023	U+1787	3722	U+0E8A	3724	U+0E8C	3594	U+0E0A	3595	U+0E0B
UTF-8	225 158 135	E1 9E 87	224 186 138	E0 BA 8A	224 186 140	E0 BA 8C	224 184 138	E0 B8 8A	224 184 139	E0 B8 8B
Numeric character reference	ជ	ជ	ຊ	ຊ	ຌ	ຌ	ช	ช	ซ	ซ

Character information

Preview	ජ		𑄎		ᥗ		𑜊		𑤓		ꢙ		ꨎ
Unicode name	SINHALA LETTER ALPAPRAANA JAYANNA		CHAKMA LETTER JAA		TAI LE LETTER THA		AHOM LETTER JA		DIVES AKURU LETTER JA		SAURASHTRA LETTER JA		CHAM LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	3490	U+0DA2	69902	U+1110E	6487	U+1957	71434	U+1170A	71955	U+11913	43161	U+A899	43534	U+AA0E
UTF-8	224 182 162	E0 B6 A2	240 145 132 142	F0 91 84 8E	225 165 151	E1 A5 97	240 145 156 138	F0 91 9C 8A	240 145 164 147	F0 91 A4 93	234 162 153	EA A2 99	234 168 142	EA A8 8E
UTF-16	3490	0DA2	55300 56590	D804 DD0E	6487	1957	55301 57098	D805 DF0A	55302 56595	D806 DD13	43161	A899	43534	AA0E
Numeric character reference	ජ	ජ	𑄎	𑄎	ᥗ	ᥗ	𑜊	𑜊	𑤓	𑤓	ꢙ	ꢙ	ꨎ	ꨎ

Character information

Preview	𑘕		𑦵		𑩣		ꠎ		𑶀		File:Kaithi Ja.svg
Unicode name	MODI LETTER JA		NANDINAGARI LETTER JA		SOYOMBO LETTER JA		SYLOTI NAGRI LETTER JO		GUNJALA GONDI LETTER JA		KAITHI LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	71189	U+11615	72117	U+119B5	72291	U+11A63	43022	U+A80E	73088	U+11D80	69780	U+11094
UTF-8	240 145 152 149	F0 91 98 95	240 145 166 181	F0 91 A6 B5	240 145 169 163	F0 91 A9 A3	234 160 142	EA A0 8E	240 145 182 128	F0 91 B6 80	240 145 130 148	F0 91 82 94
UTF-16	55301 56853	D805 DE15	55302 56757	D806 DDB5	55302 56931	D806 DE63	43022	A80E	55303 56704	D807 DD80	55300 56468	D804 DC94
Numeric character reference	𑘕	𑘕	𑦵	𑦵	𑩣	𑩣	ꠎ	ꠎ	𑶀	𑶀	𑂔	𑂔

Character information

Preview	𑒖		ᰈ		ᤈ		ꯖ		𑱸
Unicode name	TIRHUTA LETTER JA		LEPCHA LETTER JA		LIMBU LETTER JA		MEETEI MAYEK LETTER JIL		MARCHEN LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	70806	U+11496	7176	U+1C08	6408	U+1908	43990	U+ABD6	72824	U+11C78
UTF-8	240 145 146 150	F0 91 92 96	225 176 136	E1 B0 88	225 164 136	E1 A4 88	234 175 150	EA AF 96	240 145 177 184	F0 91 B1 B8
UTF-16	55301 56470	D805 DC96	7176	1C08	6408	1908	43990	ABD6	55303 56440	D807 DC78
Numeric character reference	𑒖	𑒖	ᰈ	ᰈ	ᤈ	ᤈ	ꯖ	ꯖ	𑱸	𑱸

Character information

Preview	𑚑		𑠑		𑈐		𑋂		𑅛		𑊌
Unicode name	TAKRI LETTER JA		DOGRA LETTER JA		KHOJKI LETTER JA		KHUDAWADI LETTER JA		MAHAJANI LETTER JA		MULTANI LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	71313	U+11691	71697	U+11811	70160	U+11210	70338	U+112C2	69979	U+1115B	70284	U+1128C
UTF-8	240 145 154 145	F0 91 9A 91	240 145 160 145	F0 91 A0 91	240 145 136 144	F0 91 88 90	240 145 139 130	F0 91 8B 82	240 145 133 155	F0 91 85 9B	240 145 138 140	F0 91 8A 8C
UTF-16	55301 56977	D805 DE91	55302 56337	D806 DC11	55300 56848	D804 DE10	55300 57026	D804 DEC2	55300 56667	D804 DD5B	55300 56972	D804 DE8C
Numeric character reference	𑚑	𑚑	𑠑	𑠑	𑈐	𑈐	𑋂	𑋂	𑅛	𑅛	𑊌	𑊌

Character information

Preview	ᬚ		ᯐ		ᨍ		ꦗ		𑻪		ꤺ		ᮏ
Unicode name	BALINESE LETTER JA		BATAK LETTER JA		BUGINESE LETTER JA		JAVANESE LETTER JA		MAKASAR LETTER JA		REJANG LETTER JA		SUNDANESE LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	6938	U+1B1A	7120	U+1BD0	6669	U+1A0D	43415	U+A997	73450	U+11EEA	43322	U+A93A	7055	U+1B8F
UTF-8	225 172 154	E1 AC 9A	225 175 144	E1 AF 90	225 168 141	E1 A8 8D	234 166 151	EA A6 97	240 145 187 170	F0 91 BB AA	234 164 186	EA A4 BA	225 174 143	E1 AE 8F
UTF-16	6938	1B1A	7120	1BD0	6669	1A0D	43415	A997	55303 57066	D807 DEEA	43322	A93A	7055	1B8F
Numeric character reference	ᬚ	ᬚ	ᯐ	ᯐ	ᨍ	ᨍ	ꦗ	ꦗ	𑻪	𑻪	ꤺ	ꤺ	ᮏ	ᮏ

Character information

Preview	𑴓
Unicode name	MASARAM GONDI LETTER JA
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	72979	U+11D13
UTF-8	240 145 180 147	F0 91 B4 93
UTF-16	55303 56595	D807 DD13
Numeric character reference	𑴓	𑴓

Character information

Preview	ᒉ		ᒋ		ᒍ		ᒐ		ᒡ
Unicode name	CANADIAN SYLLABICS CE		CANADIAN SYLLABICS CI		CANADIAN SYLLABICS CO		CANADIAN SYLLABICS CA		CANADIAN SYLLABICS C
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	5257	U+1489	5259	U+148B	5261	U+148D	5264	U+1490	5281	U+14A1
UTF-8	225 146 137	E1 92 89	225 146 139	E1 92 8B	225 146 141	E1 92 8D	225 146 144	E1 92 90	225 146 161	E1 92 A1
Numeric character reference	ᒉ	ᒉ	ᒋ	ᒋ	ᒍ	ᒍ	ᒐ	ᒐ	ᒡ	ᒡ

• The full range of CE Canadian syllabic characters can be found at the codepoint ranges 1489-14A2, 150F, 158E-1594, 1670-1676, & 18D7.

References

• Kurt Elfering: Die Mathematik des Aryabhata I. Text, Übersetzung aus dem Sanskrit und Kommentar. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München, 1975, ISBN 3-7705-1326-6
• Georges Ifrah: The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000, ISBN 0-471-39340-1.
• B. L. van der Waerden: Erwachende Wissenschaft. Ägyptische, babylonische und griechische Mathematik. Birkhäuser-Verlag, Basel Stuttgart, 1966, ISBN 3-7643-0399-9
• Fleet, J. F. (January 1911). "Aryabhata's System of Expressing Numbers". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 43: 109–126. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00040995. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25189823.
• Fleet, J. F. (1911). "Aryabhata's System of Expressing Numbers". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 43. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 109–126. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00040995. JSTOR 25189823.

^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".