U+0B2B "ଫ" Oriya Letter Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B2B "ଫ" Oriya Letter Pha is a character from the Oriya or Odia script, used primarily to write the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It represents the aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive sound, akin to the "ph" in the English word "tophat", and is the 23rd consonant in the traditional Odia alphabet. This letter is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Oriya block, allowing its consistent representation across digital platforms for the preservation and exchange of Odia text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B2B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Pha |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b2b |