U+0926 "द" Devanagari Letter Da Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0926 "द" Devanagari Letter Da is a consonant in the Devanagari script, which is used to write languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, and Nepali. It represents the dental plosive sound /d̪/ and is classified as an unmodified base character in the Unicode Standard's Devanagari block, occupying codepoint U+0926 within the Basic Devanagari range. In its standard form, the character appears as a vertical stem with a horizontal top line and a curved bottom loop, and it can be combined with various diacritical marks to represent different vowel sounds (e.g., "दा," "दि," "दे"). This letter is fundamental for writing many common words in Hindi and related languages, and its correct encoding is essential for digital text rendering in the script, supporting interoperability across modern computing systems and databases.

General Properties

Code Point U+0926
Version Added 1.1
Name Devanagari Letter Da
Block Devanagari
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding द
HTML Hex Encoding द
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA4 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0926
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000926
C/C++/Java Escape \u0926

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Devanagari
Script Extensions Devanagari
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter