U+0909 "उ" Devanagari Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0909 "उ" Devanagari Letter U is a vowel character in the Devanagari script, used primarily for writing languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, and Nepali. It represents the short vowel sound /u/, as in the English word "put," and is distinct from the longer vowel form "ऊ" (U+090A). In the Devanagari abugida, this character serves as an independent vowel, typically appearing at the beginning of a syllable or as part of a root word, while its corresponding diacritic form (the matra) modifies a consonant to include the short "u" sound. As a fundamental component of the script, it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent digital representation across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0909 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Letter U |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | उ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | उ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0909 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000909 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0909 |