U+0D0B "ഋ" Malayalam Letter Vocalic R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ഋ
U+0D0B "ഋ" Malayalam Letter Vocalic R is a unique symbol representing the vocalic r sound, a syllabic consonant found in the Dravidian language of Malayalam. This character is part of the Malayalam script, which is an abugida used for writing Malayalam and historically for Sanskrit in the region. It corresponds to the Sanskrit vowel ṛ and appears in many loanwords and classical texts, functioning as a vowel in the Malayalam alphabet despite being based on a consonant shape. Its encoding in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, preserving the linguistic heritage of Kerala.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D0B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Vocalic R |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ഋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ഋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D0B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D0B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d0b |