Unicode Character "য" (U+09AF)

The character য (Bengali Letter Ya) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+09AF. 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 য.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Bengali Letter Ya
Unicode Codepoint U+09AF
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+09AF Conversion

HTML (decimal) য
HTML (hex) য
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E0%A6%AF
CSS \0009AF
JavaScript, JSON \u09AF
C, C++, Java \u09AF
Python \u09AF
Rust \u{09AF}
Ruby \u09AF

How to type "য"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 9 A F. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 9 A F. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xA6 0xAF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x09AF
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000009AF

Characters based on "য" (U+09AF)

References