U+0B30 "ର" Oriya Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B30 "ର" Oriya Letter Ra is a symbol from the Oriya script, used primarily to write the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It represents the consonant sound "ra" and is classified as a vowel sign in terms of its diacritic form, but as a standalone character it is a consonant letter. This character is part of the Oriya block in Unicode, and it typically appears with an inherent vowel sound, which can be modified by combining it with other diacritical marks. Its design features a curved stroke and a distinctive dot, reflecting the traditional writing style of Oriya calligraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B30 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Ra |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ର |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ର |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B30 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B30 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b30 |