Unicode Character "ு" (U+0BC1)

The character ு (Tamil Vowel Sign U) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0BC1. 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 ு.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Tamil Vowel Sign U
Unicode Codepoint U+0BC1
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 Spacing Mark
Script Tamil
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0BC1 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ு
HTML (hex) ு
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E0%AF%81
CSS \000BC1
JavaScript, JSON \u0BC1
C, C++, Java \u0BC1
Python \u0BC1
Rust \u{0BC1}
Ruby \u0BC1

How to type "ு"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 B C 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 B C 1. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xAF 0x81
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0BC1
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000BC1

References