U+0784 "ބ" Thaana Letter Baa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ބ
U+0784 "ބ" Thaana Letter Baa is a script character used in the Thaana writing system of the Dhivehi language, which is the official language of the Maldives. This letter represents the voiced bilabial plosive consonant sound /b/, similar to the English "b" in "bat." As part of the Thaana alphabet, which is written from right to left and features a unique set of symbols derived from Arabic and Indic numerals, "ބ" is a fundamental building block for spelling and writing in the Maldives, playing a key role in both everyday communication and cultural preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0784 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Letter Baa |
| Block | Thaana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ބ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ބ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDE 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0784 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000784 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0784 |