What ॼ means
Use a Sindhi-aware Devanagari layout.
The shortcut for Sindhi jja, the implosive consonant conventionally transcribed with Latin j, depends on the layout: Lexilogos uses j== (2026), while Keyman's Common Devanagari layout maps j to ॼ (2021).
A keyboard enters the character; a font draws it. If you see an empty box, the active Devanagari font may not include this letter.
What sound does ॼ represent?
It marks Sindhi’s implosive consonant, conventionally transcribed with Latin j. An implosive is made with an inward-moving airstream, so ॼ marks a distinct Sindhi sound rather than plain ज.
Sindhi has three other implosive Devanagari letters: ॻ, ॾ, and ॿ. In the Arabic-derived script also used for Sindhi, often called Perso-Arabic, the corresponding letter is ڄ.
Sindhi has a long history in Devanagari: the script was used during the Soomra period in Sindh’s history, and a specimen is dated 1636. In the twentieth century, Devanagari and Perso-Arabic were dominant scripts for Sindhi.
In Sindhi writing, ॼ marks the implosive consonant conventionally transcribed with Latin j.
Keep ॼ where Sindhi distinguishes this implosive consonant from plain ज.
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Who writes ॼ
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Don't confuse it with
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ज॒ The sequence ज॒ is plain ज followed by anudatta, a Vedic tone mark. Earlier guidance treated consonant-plus-mark sequences as representations of this Sindhi letter; ॼ is its dedicated character.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why is ॼ missing?
The active font may not contain the glyph. The keyboard can still have entered ॼ correctly; use a font that supports Sindhi Devanagari.
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How to type or find ॼ
- Search it as
- jja · jje · Sindhi · Devanagari · implosive j · underbar j · j̱ · ڄ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ॼ\097Cj== for ॼ in its Sindhi Devanagari input (2026).j to ॼ (2021).Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.