U+0F56 "བ" Tibetan Letter Ba Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
བ
U+0F56 "བ" Tibetan Letter Ba is a fundamental element of the Tibetan abugida, representing the consonant sound "ba." This character is part of the Tibetan script block in Unicode, which was standardized to support the writing system used for the Tibetan language and several related languages across the Himalayan region. As a consonant base letter, it can combine with various vowel signs and other diacritical marks to form complete syllables in written Tibetan, playing a crucial role in the language's orthography and religious texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F56 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Letter Ba |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | བ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | བ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBD 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F56 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f56 |