This is the Unicode character TAMIL VOWEL SIGN OO, code point U+0BCB (decimal 3019) in the Tamil block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ோ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 AF 8B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0BCB |
| Decimal | 3019 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 AF 8B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0BCB |
| UTF-32 | 00000BCB |
| HTML decimal | ோ |
| HTML hex | ோ |
| CSS | \BCB |
| JavaScript | \u0BCB |
| JSON | \u0BCB |
| Python | \u0BCB |
| Python by name | \N{TAMIL VOWEL SIGN OO} |
| Java, C# | \u0BCB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{BCB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0BCB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%AF%8B |
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 OO |
| Code point | U+0BCB (decimal 3019) |
| 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 |
Decomposition
TAMIL VOWEL SIGN OO is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+0BCB. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in Tamil
- 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
- U+0BC7 Tamil Vowel Sign Ee
- U+0BC8 Tamil Vowel Sign Ai
- U+0BCA Tamil Vowel Sign O
- U+0BCC Tamil Vowel Sign Au
- U+0BCD Tamil Sign Virama
- ௐ U+0BD0 Tamil Om
- U+0BD7 Tamil Au Length Mark
- ௦ U+0BE6 Tamil Digit Zero
- ௧ U+0BE7 Tamil Digit One
- ௨ U+0BE8 Tamil Digit Two
- ௩ U+0BE9 Tamil Digit Three
All 72 characters: Tamil.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for TAMIL VOWEL SIGN OO?
- Use ோ (decimal) or ோ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0BCB?
- E0 AF 8B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%AF%8B.
- How do I write U+0BCB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0BCB. Python: \u0BCB.
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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