U+10481 "𐒁" Osmanya Letter Ba Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐒁
U+10481 "𐒁" Osmanya Letter Ba is the second letter of the Osmanya alphabet, a script created in the early 20th century by Osman Yusuf Kenadid for writing the Somali language. This character represents the voiced bilabial plosive sound /b/, similar to the English letter B, and is part of a writing system designed to replace the Arabic script for Somali, though it saw limited adoption. The Osmanya script was officially added to the Unicode Standard in version 4.0, and the Letter Ba is a visually distinct glyph featuring a curved form with a connecting stroke. Its inclusion helps preserve a significant part of Somali cultural and linguistic history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10481 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Osmanya Letter Ba |
| Block | Osmanya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐒁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐒁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x92 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDC81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010481 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udc81 |