Grantha letter jha

It writes Sanskrit jha, a voiced consonant with an audible breath at its release. It normally appears inside a Sanskrit word or consonant cluster.

Grantha grew from southern Brahmi through Pallava-era writing; early cited examples appear on Pallava copper plates from the fifth to sixth centuries. In Tamil-speaking South India, it provided a way to write Sanskrit consonants not covered by Tamil orthography.

The script appeared in temple and copper-plate inscriptions, palm-leaf books, and print, and served Tamil-Sanskrit Manipravalam, a mixed literary style. Western Grantha fed into Malayalam; Pallava-related forms spread into Sinhala and Southeast Asian scripts. As of 2026, traditional Vedic schools still use Grantha.

How do I type Grantha jha?

A virtual Grantha keyboard offers jha; the key depends on the tool. The exact input method varies between keyboards and editors.

A vowel sign gives the consonant a vowel; Grantha virama suppresses its inherent vowel. A following consonant may form a conjunct stack. The zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ) can keep the virama visible; the zero-width joiner (ZWJ) participates in joining. Fonts and shaping engines can render the same sequence with different conjunct forms.