U+0B37 "ଷ" Oriya Letter Ssa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B37 "ଷ" Oriya Letter Ssa is a consonant used in the Odia script, which is primarily employed for writing the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It represents a voiceless sibilant sound, specifically a retroflex or postalveolar fricative similar to the English “sh” but pronounced with the tongue curled back. This letter is part of the Oriya block in the Unicode Standard and is typically used in combination with vowel signs or diacritics to form syllables in Odia texts. Its presence is essential for accurately representing words in Odia literature, official documents, and everyday communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B37 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Letter Ssa |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ଷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ଷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B37 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B37 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b37 |