U+09DD "ঢ়" Bengali Letter Rha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ঢ়
U+09DD "ঢ়" Bengali Letter Rha is a distinct consonant in the Bengali script used primarily for writing the Assamese and Bengali languages, representing a retroflex flap or approximant sound similar to the English "r" but pronounced with the tongue curled back. This letter is considered a rare or historical character, often appearing in Sanskrit loanwords and transliterations rather than in everyday modern Bengali text, and it is derived from the Brahmic family of scripts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation for scholarly, linguistic, and specialized textual contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09DD |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter Rha |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ঢ" U+09A2 Bengali Letter Ddha "়" U+09BC Bengali Sign Nukta |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ঢ় |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ঢ় |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA7 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09DD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009DD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09dd |