U+0B93 "ஓ" Tamil Letter Oo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ஓ
U+0B93 "ஓ" Tamil Letter Oo is a vowel character used in the Tamil script, representing the long vowel sound "oo" as in the English word "boat" but with a pure, elongated quality. It is part of the Tamil Unicode block and serves as an independent vowel, meaning it is written on its own without attaching to a consonant, unlike vowel signs that modify consonants. This character is essential for writing many Tamil words and is distinct from its short vowel counterpart "ஒ" (U+0B92), reflecting the phonemic length contrast in Tamil.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B93 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Letter Oo |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ஓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ஓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAE 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B93 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B93 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b93 |