U+0B0B "ଋ" Oriya Letter Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B0B "ଋ" Oriya Letter Vocalic R is a vowel character used in the Odia script, primarily for writing the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It represents a vocalic or syllabic "r" sound, which is a distinct vowel in the language, and it appears in the consonant-vowel sequence of the Odia alphabet. This character is integral to accurately spelling and pronouncing native Odia words, as well as Sanskrit loanwords where the vocalic R occurs. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Oriya block, allowing for consistent digital representation and text processing across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B0B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Vocalic R |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B0B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B0B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b0b |