Ghani, or Ghan (Asomtavruli: , Nuskhuri: , Mkhedruli: ღ, Mtavruli: Ღ; ) is the 26th letter of the three Georgian scripts.Machavariani, p. 136
In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 700.Mchedlidze, (2) p. 99 In the Georgian language, Ghani’s phonemic realisation can be classified as a voiced velar fricative ,Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5 although it is argued that it can also be a voiced uvular fricative , depending on the context it appears in. It is typically romanized with the digraph Gh or with the letters Ḡ, Ǧ, Ġ, and Ɣ.
The mkhedruli form has become popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a heart symbol and as part of a "love" emoticon, is often rendered as: ღ <3, and sometimes ღ(✿◠ᴗ◠)ღ
Letter asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedrulimtavruli Three-dimensional asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedruli Stroke order asomtavruliMchedlidze, I, p. 105nuskhuriMchedlidze, I, p. 107mkhedruliMchedlidze, I, p. 110
Computer encodings
Braille mkhedruliUNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45
See also Latin letter Ǧ Latin digraph Gh Cyrillic letter Ge with stroke References
Bibliography Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013 Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013 Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011 The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991-2013 The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013