Unicode Character "অ" (U+0985)

The character অ (Bengali Letter A) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0985. It is encoded in the Bengali block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as অ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Bengali Letter A
Unicode Codepoint U+0985
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Bengali
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Bengali
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0985 Conversion

HTML (decimal) অ
HTML (hex) অ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E0%A6%85
CSS \000985
JavaScript, JSON \u0985
C, C++, Java \u0985
Python \u0985
Rust \u{0985}
Ruby \u0985

How to type "অ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 9 8 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 9 8 5. Release Alt.

Preview

  • অ
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • অ
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • অ
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xA6 0x85
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0985
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000985

References