U+09E0 "ৠ" Bengali Letter Vocalic Rr Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+09E0 "ৠ" Bengali Letter Vocalic Rr is a distinct vowel character used in the Bengali script to represent a long retroflex vocalic 'r' sound, which is a rare and historical phoneme typically found in Sanskrit loanwords and ancient Vedic transcriptions. Unlike more common Bengali vowels, this character is not used in modern Bengali language or everyday writing, making it largely obsolete outside of specialized scholarly, liturgical, or linguistic contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately render classical Sanskrit and related texts where this specific vowel is required for correct pronunciation and script representation.
General Properties
Code Point
U+09E0
Name
Bengali Letter Vocalic Rr
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ৠ
HTML Hex Encoding
ৠ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA7 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x09E0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000009E0
C/C++/Java Escape
\u09e0
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bengali