Ghan (heart-shaped letter)

Meaning and uses

ღ is a letter of the Georgian alphabet, pronounced like a throaty gh. Its curled shape looks like a heart, so it is widely borrowed for nicknames and bios. Because it is a letter rather than a symbol, it is sometimes accepted where symbols are not.

Unicode details

ღ is the Unicode character named GEORGIAN LETTER GHAN, code point U+10E6, in the Georgian block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a lowercase letter (general category Ll).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ღ

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 10E6 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ღ.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “georgian letter ghan”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 10e6, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ღ. In a CSS content property, use "\10E6".