ஷ is the Unicode character TAMIL LETTER SSA, code point U+0BB7 (decimal 2999) in the Tamil block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ஷ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 AE B7.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0BB7 |
| Decimal | 2999 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 AE B7 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0BB7 |
| UTF-32 | 00000BB7 |
| HTML decimal | ஷ |
| HTML hex | ஷ |
| CSS | \BB7 |
| JavaScript | \u0BB7 |
| JSON | \u0BB7 |
| Python | \u0BB7 |
| Python by name | \N{TAMIL LETTER SSA} |
| Java, C# | \u0BB7 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{BB7} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0BB7 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%AE%B7 |
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 SSA |
| Code point | U+0BB7 (decimal 2999) |
| 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
- 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
- ஸ U+0BB8 Tamil Letter Sa
- ஹ U+0BB9 Tamil Letter Ha
- U+0BBE Tamil Vowel Sign Aa
- U+0BBF Tamil Vowel Sign I
- U+0BC0 Tamil Vowel Sign Ii
- U+0BC1 Tamil Vowel Sign U
- U+0BC2 Tamil Vowel Sign Uu
- U+0BC6 Tamil Vowel Sign E
All 72 characters: Tamil.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ஷ?
- Use ஷ (decimal) or ஷ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0BB7?
- E0 AE B7 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%AE%B7.
- How do I write U+0BB7 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0BB7. Python: \u0BB7.
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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