U+09B7 "ষ" Bengali Letter Ssa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ষ
U+09B7 "ষ" Bengali Letter Ssa is a consonant used in the Bengali script, representing a retroflex sibilant sound, much like the "sh" in the English word "shirt," but pronounced with the tongue curled back against the palate. This character is part of the Bengali alphabet's তালব্য বর্গ (palatal series) and is essential for writing native and loan words in Bengali, such as in words like "ষাট" (saṭ, meaning sixty) and "দোষ" (doṣ, meaning fault). It occupies a distinct position in the Unicode standard for South Asian scripts, ensuring proper digital encoding and display across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09B7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter Ssa |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ষ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ষ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09B7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009B7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09b7 |