Unicode Character "வ" (U+0BB5)

The character வ (Tamil Letter Va) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0BB5. It is encoded in the Tamil block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as வ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Tamil Letter Va
Unicode Codepoint U+0BB5
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Tamil
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

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

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Tamil
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0BB5 Conversion

HTML (decimal) வ
HTML (hex) வ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E0%AE%B5
CSS \000BB5
JavaScript, JSON \u0BB5
C, C++, Java \u0BB5
Python \u0BB5
Rust \u{0BB5}
Ruby \u0BB5

How to type "வ"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xAE 0xB5
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0BB5
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000BB5

References