U+0B05 "ଅ" Oriya Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ଅ
U+0B05 "ଅ" Oriya Letter A is the first vowel in the Oriya script, representing the short vowel sound /a/ as in the English word "about." This character is an independent letter that serves as a fundamental building block in the Oriya language, which is primarily spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. In addition to its use as a standalone vowel, "ଅ" also acts as the inherent vowel in many consonant characters within the script, similar to the concept in other Brahmic writing systems, and it appears in common words such as "ଅମ୍ବ" (amba, meaning mango) and "ଅଗ୍ନି" (agni, meaning fire).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B05 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter A |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B05 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B05 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b05 |