U+0B2E "ମ" Oriya Letter Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B2E "ମ" Oriya Letter Ma is a fundamental consonant in the Odia script, representing the bilabial nasal sound /m/ as in the English word "map." It belongs to the Odia (Oriya) block of the Unicode standard, which supports the writing system used for the Odia language, primarily spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. This character is encoded as a single code point in the range of Indic scripts and is used in combination with vowel signs and other diacritics to form syllables, playing a crucial role in the orthography of Odia texts, from classic literature to modern digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B2E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Ma |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ମ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ମ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B2E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B2E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b2e |