This is the Unicode character BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA, code point U+09BE (decimal 2494) in the Bengali block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write া, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 A6 BE.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+09BE |
| Decimal | 2494 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 A6 BE |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 09BE |
| UTF-32 | 000009BE |
| HTML decimal | া |
| HTML hex | া |
| CSS | \9BE |
| JavaScript | \u09BE |
| JSON | \u09BE |
| Python | \u09BE |
| Python by name | \N{BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA} |
| Java, C# | \u09BE |
| Rust, Swift | \u{9BE} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u09BE |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%A6%BE |
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 | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA |
| Code point | U+09BE (decimal 2494) |
| Block | Bengali (U+0980–U+09FF) |
| General category | Mc: Spacing mark |
| Script | Bengali |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Bengali
- র U+09B0 Bengali Letter Ra
- ল U+09B2 Bengali Letter La
- শ U+09B6 Bengali Letter Sha
- ষ U+09B7 Bengali Letter Ssa
- স U+09B8 Bengali Letter Sa
- হ U+09B9 Bengali Letter Ha
- U+09BC Bengali Sign Nukta
- ঽ U+09BD Bengali Sign Avagraha
- U+09BF Bengali Vowel Sign I
- U+09C0 Bengali Vowel Sign Ii
- U+09C1 Bengali Vowel Sign U
- U+09C2 Bengali Vowel Sign Uu
- U+09C3 Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic R
- U+09C4 Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr
- U+09C7 Bengali Vowel Sign E
- U+09C8 Bengali Vowel Sign Ai
All 96 characters: Bengali.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA?
- Use া (decimal) or া (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+09BE?
- E0 A6 BE (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%A6%BE.
- How do I write U+09BE in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u09BE. Python: \u09BE.
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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