U+0997 "গ" Bengali Letter Ga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
গ
U+0997 "গ" Bengali Letter Ga is a consonant in the Bengali script, which is used to write the Bengali language primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. It represents the voiced velar plosive sound /ɡ/, similar to the English "g" in "go," and is the third letter of the Bengali abugida. As part of the Unicode standard, it enables the consistent digital representation and exchange of Bengali text across different platforms and devices, preserving the character's unique shape and phonetic value in electronic documents and communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0997 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter Ga |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | গ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | গ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0997 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000997 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0997 |