This is the Unicode character MALAYALAM SIGN CIRCULAR VIRAMA, code point U+0D3C (decimal 3388) in the Malayalam block, added in Unicode 10.0. In HTML write ഼, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 B4 BC.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0D3C |
| Decimal | 3388 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 B4 BC |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0D3C |
| UTF-32 | 00000D3C |
| HTML decimal | ഼ |
| HTML hex | ഼ |
| CSS | \D3C |
| JavaScript | \u0D3C |
| JSON | \u0D3C |
| Python | \u0D3C |
| Python by name | \N{MALAYALAM SIGN CIRCULAR VIRAMA} |
| Java, C# | \u0D3C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{D3C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0D3C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%B4%BC |
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 | MALAYALAM SIGN CIRCULAR VIRAMA |
| Code point | U+0D3C (decimal 3388) |
| Block | Malayalam (U+0D00–U+0D7F) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Malayalam |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 9 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 10.0 |
Nearby in Malayalam
- ഴ U+0D34 Malayalam Letter Llla
- വ U+0D35 Malayalam Letter Va
- ശ U+0D36 Malayalam Letter Sha
- ഷ U+0D37 Malayalam Letter Ssa
- സ U+0D38 Malayalam Letter Sa
- ഹ U+0D39 Malayalam Letter Ha
- ഺ U+0D3A Malayalam Letter Ttta
- U+0D3B Malayalam Sign Vertical Bar Virama
- ഽ U+0D3D Malayalam Sign Avagraha
- U+0D3E Malayalam Vowel Sign Aa
- U+0D3F Malayalam Vowel Sign I
- U+0D40 Malayalam Vowel Sign Ii
- U+0D41 Malayalam Vowel Sign U
- U+0D42 Malayalam Vowel Sign Uu
- U+0D43 Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic R
- U+0D44 Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr
All 118 characters: Malayalam.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for MALAYALAM SIGN CIRCULAR VIRAMA?
- Use ഼ (decimal) or ഼ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0D3C?
- E0 B4 BC (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%B4%BC.
- How do I write U+0D3C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0D3C. Python: \u0D3C.
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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