उ is the Unicode character DEVANAGARI LETTER U, code point U+0909 (decimal 2313) in the Devanagari block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write उ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 A4 89.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0909 |
| Decimal | 2313 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 A4 89 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0909 |
| UTF-32 | 00000909 |
| HTML decimal | उ |
| HTML hex | उ |
| CSS | \909 |
| JavaScript | \u0909 |
| JSON | \u0909 |
| Python | \u0909 |
| Python by name | \N{DEVANAGARI LETTER U} |
| Java, C# | \u0909 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{909} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0909 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%A4%89 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | DEVANAGARI LETTER U |
| Code point | U+0909 (decimal 2313) |
| Block | Devanagari (U+0900–U+097F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Devanagari |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Devanagari
- U+0901 Devanagari Sign Candrabindu
- U+0902 Devanagari Sign Anusvara
- U+0903 Devanagari Sign Visarga
- ऄ U+0904 Devanagari Letter Short A
- अ U+0905 Devanagari Letter A
- आ U+0906 Devanagari Letter Aa
- इ U+0907 Devanagari Letter I
- ई U+0908 Devanagari Letter Ii
- ऊ U+090A Devanagari Letter Uu
- ऋ U+090B Devanagari Letter Vocalic R
- ऌ U+090C Devanagari Letter Vocalic L
- ऍ U+090D Devanagari Letter Candra E
- ऎ U+090E Devanagari Letter Short E
- ए U+090F Devanagari Letter E
- ऐ U+0910 Devanagari Letter Ai
- ऑ U+0911 Devanagari Letter Candra O
All 128 characters: Devanagari.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for उ?
- Use उ (decimal) or उ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0909?
- E0 A4 89 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%A4%89.
- How do I write U+0909 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0909. Python: \u0909.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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