U+0993 "ও" Bengali Letter O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0993 "ও" Bengali Letter O is a grapheme in the Bengali abugida used to represent the vowel sound /o/ in words of the Bengali, Assamese, and related languages. Unlike the inherent vowel found in most Bengali consonants, this letter denotes an independent vowel sound and can appear at the beginning of a syllable or word. It is visually distinct from other Bengali vowel letters, featuring a closed, rounded top with a small curved tail on the right, and plays a fundamental role in the orthography of these languages, enabling the correct spelling and pronunciation of countless terms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0993 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter O |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ও |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ও |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0993 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000993 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0993 |