ம is the Unicode character TAMIL LETTER MA, code point U+0BAE (decimal 2990) in the Tamil block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ம, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 AE AE.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0BAE |
| Decimal | 2990 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 AE AE |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0BAE |
| UTF-32 | 00000BAE |
| HTML decimal | ம |
| HTML hex | ம |
| CSS | \BAE |
| JavaScript | \u0BAE |
| JSON | \u0BAE |
| Python | \u0BAE |
| Python by name | \N{TAMIL LETTER MA} |
| Java, C# | \u0BAE |
| Rust, Swift | \u{BAE} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0BAE |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%AE%AE |
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 MA |
| Code point | U+0BAE (decimal 2990) |
| 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
- ஜ U+0B9C Tamil Letter Ja
- ஞ U+0B9E Tamil Letter Nya
- ட U+0B9F Tamil Letter Tta
- ண U+0BA3 Tamil Letter Nna
- த U+0BA4 Tamil Letter Ta
- ந U+0BA8 Tamil Letter Na
- ன U+0BA9 Tamil Letter Nnna
- ப U+0BAA Tamil Letter Pa
- ய U+0BAF Tamil Letter Ya
- ர U+0BB0 Tamil Letter Ra
- ற U+0BB1 Tamil Letter Rra
- ல U+0BB2 Tamil Letter La
- ள U+0BB3 Tamil Letter Lla
- ழ U+0BB4 Tamil Letter Llla
- வ U+0BB5 Tamil Letter Va
- ஶ U+0BB6 Tamil Letter Sha
All 72 characters: Tamil.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ம?
- Use ம (decimal) or ம (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0BAE?
- E0 AE AE (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%AE%AE.
- How do I write U+0BAE in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0BAE. Python: \u0BAE.
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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