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
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