U+0D2A "പ" Malayalam Letter Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
പ
U+0D2A "പ" Malayalam Letter Pa is the 27th consonant in the Malayalam abugida, representing the unaspirated voiceless bilabial plosive sound /p/. It belongs to the Malayalam script block, which is used to write the Malayalam language primarily in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. As a consonant base character, it can combine with vowel signs to form syllables, and its shape is a distinctive open loop with a stem, typical of the script's rounded calligraphic style derived from the ancient Brahmi script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D2A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Pa |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | പ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | പ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D2A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D2A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d2a |