U+0BAE "ம" Tamil Letter Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ம
U+0BAE "ம" Tamil Letter Ma is a central consonant in the Tamil script, representing the sound /m/ and serving as the sixteenth letter of the Tamil abugida. It appears as a curved, rounded glyph that can combine with vowel signs to form various syllables, and it is frequently used in the language’s rich literary and everyday vocabulary. As part of the Tamil block in Unicode, this character ensures consistent digital representation of Tamil text across platforms, supporting the preservation and communication of the language’s ancient and modern writings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BAE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Letter Ma |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ம |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ம |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAE 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BAE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BAE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0bae |