U+0D2B "ഫ" Malayalam Letter Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0D2B "ഫ" Malayalam Letter Pha is a character from the Malayalam script, representing the aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive sound /pʰ/, similar to the "ph" in the English word "tophat". It is the 42nd letter of the Malayalam abugida, positioned after പ (pa) and before ബ (ba) in the standard alphabetical order. In the Brahmic family of scripts, this character is derived from the ancient Brahmi letter for the aspirated "pa" and is used primarily in writing the Malayalam language, the official language of the Indian state of Kerala. The glyph of ഫ features a distinctive open loop on the left side connected to a straight stem, visually distinguishing it from the unaspirated പ. It is a standard character in modern digital typography, enabling accurate representation of Malayalam text across electronic devices and platforms.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ഫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ഫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE0 0xB4 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x0D2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00000D2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u0d2b |
Unicode Properties