U+0B4D "୍" Oriya Sign Virama Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B4D "୍" Oriya Sign Virama is a combining diacritical mark used in the Odia (Oriya) script to suppress the inherent vowel of a consonant, thereby creating a conjunct consonant or a consonant cluster. It is placed below the consonant it modifies, signaling the absence of the default "a" sound and enabling the ligation of consonants within a word. This virama is a crucial element of the Brahmic writing system employed for the Odia language, allowing for accurate phonetic representation in complex syllables. Source: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0B00.pdf
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B4D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Sign Virama |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Virama |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ୍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ୍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAD 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b4d |