U+0BAF "ய" Tamil Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ய
U+0BAF "ய" Tamil Letter Ya is a distinct character in the Tamil script, representing the consonant sound "ya" as in the English word "yacht." As part of the Tamil alphabet, it is classified as a soft consonant and appears in the middle or at the beginning of Tamil words, often modifying vowel sounds when combined with vowel diacritics. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Tamil block, specifically in the range U+0B80 to U+0BFF, and is used in written Tamil to form lexical items that are integral to the language's rich literary and spoken traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BAF |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Letter Ya |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ய |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ய |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAE 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BAF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BAF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0baf |