U+0989 "উ" Bengali Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
উ
U+0989 "উ" Bengali Letter U is a vowel in the Bengali script, representing the sound /u/ as in the English word "put." It appears as a distinct glyph with a curved shape and, in a word, takes its independent form when not combined with a consonant, but it can also exist as a vowel sign (matra) attached to a consonant letter to modify its pronunciation. This character is an essential component of the Bengali alphabet, used in writing the Bengali language as well as other related languages like Assamese and Manipuri.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0989 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter U |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | উ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | উ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0989 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000989 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0989 |