This is the Unicode character TAMIL VOWEL SIGN U, code point U+0BC1 (decimal 3009) in the Tamil block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ு, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 AF 81.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0BC1 |
| Decimal | 3009 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 AF 81 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0BC1 |
| UTF-32 | 00000BC1 |
| HTML decimal | ு |
| HTML hex | ு |
| CSS | \BC1 |
| JavaScript | \u0BC1 |
| JSON | \u0BC1 |
| Python | \u0BC1 |
| Python by name | \N{TAMIL VOWEL SIGN U} |
| Java, C# | \u0BC1 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{BC1} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0BC1 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%AF%81 |
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 VOWEL SIGN U |
| Code point | U+0BC1 (decimal 3009) |
| Block | Tamil (U+0B80–U+0BFF) |
| General category | Mc: Spacing mark |
| Script | Tamil |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Tamil
- வ U+0BB5 Tamil Letter Va
- ஶ U+0BB6 Tamil Letter Sha
- ஷ U+0BB7 Tamil Letter Ssa
- 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+0BC2 Tamil Vowel Sign Uu
- U+0BC6 Tamil Vowel Sign E
- U+0BC7 Tamil Vowel Sign Ee
- U+0BC8 Tamil Vowel Sign Ai
- U+0BCA Tamil Vowel Sign O
- U+0BCB Tamil Vowel Sign Oo
- U+0BCC Tamil Vowel Sign Au
- U+0BCD Tamil Sign Virama
All 72 characters: Tamil.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for TAMIL VOWEL SIGN U?
- Use ு (decimal) or ு (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0BC1?
- E0 AF 81 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%AF%81.
- How do I write U+0BC1 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0BC1. Python: \u0BC1.
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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