எ is the Unicode character TAMIL LETTER E, code point U+0B8E (decimal 2958) in the Tamil block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write எ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 AE 8E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0B8E |
| Decimal | 2958 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 AE 8E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0B8E |
| UTF-32 | 00000B8E |
| HTML decimal | எ |
| HTML hex | எ |
| CSS | \B8E |
| JavaScript | \u0B8E |
| JSON | \u0B8E |
| Python | \u0B8E |
| Python by name | \N{TAMIL LETTER E} |
| Java, C# | \u0B8E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{B8E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0B8E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%AE%8E |
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 | TAMIL LETTER E |
| Code point | U+0B8E (decimal 2958) |
| Block | Tamil (U+0B80–U+0BFF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Tamil |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Tamil
- U+0B82 Tamil Sign Anusvara
- ஃ U+0B83 Tamil Sign Visarga
- அ U+0B85 Tamil Letter A
- ஆ U+0B86 Tamil Letter Aa
- இ U+0B87 Tamil Letter I
- ஈ U+0B88 Tamil Letter Ii
- உ U+0B89 Tamil Letter U
- ஊ U+0B8A Tamil Letter Uu
- ஏ U+0B8F Tamil Letter Ee
- ஐ U+0B90 Tamil Letter Ai
- ஒ U+0B92 Tamil Letter O
- ஓ U+0B93 Tamil Letter Oo
- ஔ U+0B94 Tamil Letter Au
- க U+0B95 Tamil Letter Ka
- ங U+0B99 Tamil Letter Nga
- ச U+0B9A Tamil Letter Ca
All 72 characters: Tamil.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for எ?
- Use எ (decimal) or எ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0B8E?
- E0 AE 8E (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%AE%8E.
- How do I write U+0B8E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0B8E. Python: \u0B8E.
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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