U+0B2F "ଯ" Oriya Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ଯ
U+0B2F "ଯ" Oriya Letter Ya is a consonant in the Odia script, used primarily for writing the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. This character represents the phoneme /dʒ/ or /j/, depending on its position and context within a word, and is distinct from the similar-looking letter "ୟ" (U+0B5F) which denotes a different phonetic value. As part of the Oriya block in Unicode, it enables accurate digital representation and processing of Odia text, supporting everything from literature to modern communication in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B2F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Ya |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B2F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b2f |