U+0950 "ॐ" Devanagari Om Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ॐ
U+0950 "ॐ" Devanagari Om is a single glyph representing the sacred syllable "Om" (or "Aum") in the Devanagari script, which is used for writing Sanskrit, Hindi, and other Indian languages. This character carries profound spiritual and philosophical significance in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, often regarded as the primordial sound of the universe from which creation emanates. It is commonly chanted during meditation, prayers, and rituals, and appears at the beginning of many sacred texts and mantras, serving as a visual and auditory symbol of cosmic unity and divine presence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0950 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Om |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ॐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ॐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA5 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0950 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000950 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0950 |