U+09C1 "ু" Bengali Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+09C1 "ু" Bengali Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Bengali script to represent the vowel sound "u" as in the word "put" or the English "oo" in "book." As a dependent vowel sign, it is placed below the consonant letter it modifies and attaches to form the full syllable, transforming the inherent vowel sound of the consonant. This character is part of the Bengali Unicode block and is essential for accurately writing many words in Bengali, Assamese, and other languages that use the Bengali script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09C1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Vowel Sign U |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ু |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ু |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA7 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09c1 |