Unicode Character "া" (U+09BE)

The character া (Bengali Vowel Sign Aa) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+09BE. 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 া.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Bengali Vowel Sign Aa
Unicode Codepoint U+09BE
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 Spacing Mark
Script Bengali
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+09BE Conversion

HTML (decimal) া
HTML (hex) া
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E0%A6%BE
CSS \0009BE
JavaScript, JSON \u09BE
C, C++, Java \u09BE
Python \u09BE
Rust \u{09BE}
Ruby \u09BE

How to type "া"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 9 B E. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 9 B E. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xA6 0xBE
UTF-16 (hex) 0x09BE
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000009BE

Characters based on "া" (U+09BE)

References