U+09BC "়" Bengali Sign Nukta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
়
U+09BC "়" Bengali Sign Nukta is a combining diacritical mark used in the Bengali script to modify the pronunciation of the base consonant it attaches to, typically indicating a sound borrowed from another language, such as from Persian, Arabic, or English, that does not exist in standard Bengali phonology. It appears as a dot placed below the consonant, and its primary function is to create new characters by altering the inherent sound, for example converting a dental consonant into a retroflex or a voiced stop into a fricative. This nukta is essential for accurately representing loanwords and certain indigenous words in the Bengali and Assamese writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09BC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Sign Nukta |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Nukta |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ় |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ় |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09bc |