U+092B "फ" Devanagari Letter Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
फ
U+092B "फ" Devanagari Letter Pha is a consonant in the Devanagari script, representing the aspirated bilabial plosive sound /pʰ/, as heard in the English word "top hat" or the Hindi word "phal" (fruit). It is used in languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, and Nepali, and it occupies a specific position in the Devanagari abugida, where it can be combined with vowel diacritics or serve as a standalone character. The glyph is visually distinct, typically featuring a horizontal head line or shirorekha with a curved ascending stroke and a vertical line, reflecting the script's historical evolution from the Gupta Brahmi tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+092B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Letter Pha |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | फ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | फ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x092B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000092B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u092b |