This is the Unicode character BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AU, code point U+09CC (decimal 2508) in the Bengali block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ৌ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 A7 8C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+09CC |
| Decimal | 2508 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 A7 8C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 09CC |
| UTF-32 | 000009CC |
| HTML decimal | ৌ |
| HTML hex | ৌ |
| CSS | \9CC |
| JavaScript | \u09CC |
| JSON | \u09CC |
| Python | \u09CC |
| Python by name | \N{BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AU} |
| Java, C# | \u09CC |
| Rust, Swift | \u{9CC} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u09CC |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%A7%8C |
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 AU |
| Code point | U+09CC (decimal 2508) |
| 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 |
Decomposition
BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AU is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+09CC. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in Bengali
- 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
- U+09CB Bengali Vowel Sign O
- U+09CD Bengali Sign Virama
- ৎ U+09CE Bengali Letter Khanda Ta
- U+09D7 Bengali Au Length Mark
- ড় U+09DC Bengali Letter Rra
- ঢ় U+09DD Bengali Letter Rha
- য় U+09DF Bengali Letter Yya
- ৠ U+09E0 Bengali Letter Vocalic Rr
- ৡ U+09E1 Bengali Letter Vocalic Ll
All 96 characters: Bengali.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AU?
- Use ৌ (decimal) or ৌ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+09CC?
- E0 A7 8C (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%A7%8C.
- How do I write U+09CC in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u09CC. Python: \u09CC.
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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