Unicode Character "்" (U+0BCD)

The character ் (Tamil Sign Virama) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0BCD. 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 Sign Virama
Unicode Codepoint U+0BCD
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Tamil
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Nonspacing Mark (NSM)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Nonspacing Mark
Script Tamil
Combining Class Virama

U+0BCD Conversion

HTML (decimal) ்
HTML (hex) ்
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E0%AF%8D
CSS \000BCD
JavaScript, JSON \u0BCD
C, C++, Java \u0BCD
Python \u0BCD
Rust \u{0BCD}
Ruby \u0BCD

How to type "்"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xAF 0x8D
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0BCD
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000BCD

References