U+0935 "व" Devanagari Letter Va Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0935 "व" Devanagari Letter Va is the thirty-fifth consonant in the Devanagari script and represents the voiced labiodental approximant sound /ʋ/ in languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit, where it is used to denote a soft "v" or "w" sound depending on context and regional pronunciation. This character is a key component in writing a wide range of words, including common terms like "वन" (vana, meaning forest) and "विद्या" (vidya, meaning knowledge), and it follows the standard Devanagari orthographic rules where it takes a vertical stem and a distinctive curved top stroke. In Unicode encoding, it holds the hexadecimal code point U+0935 within the Devanagari block (U+0900–U+097F), ensuring consistent representation across digital platforms for text in South Asian languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+0935
Version Added 1.1
Name Devanagari Letter Va
Block Devanagari
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding व
HTML Hex Encoding व
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA4 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0935
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000935
C/C++/Java Escape \u0935

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