U+0921 "ड" Devanagari Letter Dda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0921 "ड" Devanagari Letter Dda is a distinct consonant in the Devanagari script, used primarily in languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali to represent the retroflex stop sound /ɖ/, which is pronounced with the tongue curled back to touch the roof of the mouth. This character belongs to the Devanagari block in Unicode, which encodes a wide range of symbols for writing several South Asian languages. In Hindi, ड is typically classified as a retroflex consonant, and it can combine with vowel signs to form syllables, such as डा (ddaa) with the long vowel sign aa. Its visual form is a single vertical stroke with a curved top and a small horizontal bar, distinguishing it from similar letters like U+0926 "द" (da) which represents a dental sound.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ड |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ड |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE0 0xA4 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x0921 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00000921 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u0921 |
Unicode Properties